TY - BOOK ID - 136608347 TI - The Internal World of the Juvenile Sex Offender PY - 2012 SN - 042992111X 0429482116 1283371197 9786613371195 1849409544 9781849409544 1855758628 9781855758629 661337119X 9781780499857 178049985X 9780429482113 9781283371193 PB - London Karnac Books DB - UniCat KW - Teenage sex offenders. KW - Juvenile delinquency. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:136608347 AB - The book argues the case for the usefulness of an empirically based understanding of the internal world of juvenile sex offenders as a way of humanely relating to their difficulties. It details the extent and nature of juvenile sex offending and its impact on victims and provides an extensive psychoanalytically oriented description of this offender group. The background of these offenders is examined, focusing on their experience of abuse, especially sexual abuse. Attention is paid to the unique characteristics of these offenders, particularly their attachment difficulties. The value of attach ER -