NCJ Number
152352
Editor(s)
J C Gonsiorek
Date Published
1995
Length
442 pages
Annotation
These 28 papers present information and research on the problem of sexual abuse and exploitation by health care professionals and religious leaders.
Abstract
Background chapters give an overview and highlight the basic nature of the problem. Additional chapters focus on victims, providing firsthand accounts by victims and a discussion of support groups and individual therapy for both male and female victims and their families. Chapters on perpetrators describe innovative research to understand the nature of abuse by health care professionals and clergy and effective types of treatment and rehabilitation. Further chapters focus on responses to the problem, including risk management, legal responses, prevention training for both clergy and health care providers, advocacy efforts, and the development of boundary awareness. Checklist, tables, index, and over 200 references