Unmasking the Sexual Offender

<p>This book unmasks the sexual offender by providing clear comprehensible information about the motivations techniques and dynamics of sexual offenders and their behavior. It not only explores the biases and myths that the reader may rely upon to understand deviance but also explains pathways to offending the distorted thinking and relating that offenders engage in and the ways offenders manipulate and exploit others. Sexual offenders are surrounded by mythology fascination and revulsion. People who commit sexual offenses present difficult and complicated issues interpersonally as well as in treatment and management; denial victim-blaming aggression and blatant chronic deception are inherent in interactions with them. Unfortunately the failure to truly understand their motives and techniques helps provide excuses for and further camouflage of their deviance.</p><p>The first part of the text explores the presumptions commonly adopted about sexual offenders and shows how misinformation supports the inappropriate behavior of the sexual offender. The second section focuses on exposing the sexual offender using straightforward language and tangible examples. A final third section includes safety and management strategies for dealing with sex offenders for those both inside and outside the realms of law enforcement and offender supervision.</p><p>This book is intended for anyone interested in learning about sexual offenders. It is useful for both professionals and non-professionals including students paralegals victim advocates and others involved in the criminal justice system or mental health field.</p>