Attachment and Sexual Offending: Understanding and Applying Attachment Theory to the Treatment of Juvenile Sexual Offenders. Phil Rich, $71.99

This book provides a broad overview of the literature, theory, and clinical treatment of attachment deficit. It discusses its application in understanding the etiology of juvenile sexual offending, as well as implications for treatment. Issues addressed include the components of attachment and social connection, attachment and the development of personality, neurology and attachment, the development of social competence, and consideration of whether attachment can be learned.

Bait. Alex Sanchez, $9.99 (novel, 12 and up)

When a guy in his class looks at him funny, Diego punches him in the face, and ends up on probation. At first he wants nothing to do with his probation officer. But as Diego starts to open up, he begins to realize that Mr. Vidas is the first person in his life who ever really wanted to listen to him. With Vidas's help, Diego begins to make real progress in controlling his anger. But only if Diego can find the courage to trust Vidas with the darkest secrets from his past will he be able to heal completely.

The emotional terrorism that infuses violence between adults affects not only the adult victims but also the children who witness the abuse. Safeguarding children, building trust and breaking the cycle of violence is the goal of Breaking Free. It will interest not only parents who are victims of family violence, but also foster parents dealing with the aftermath of family violence, counselors, teachers, social workers, clergy, and students of the behavioral sciences.

But He’ll Change: End the Thinking That Keeps You in an Abusive Relationship. Joanna Hunter, $18.95

A survivor of domestic violence offers women the tools needed to work through the excuses they tell themselves that keep them in abusive relationships and to make positive changes in their lives.

Child Abuse and Neglect. Monica McCoy & Stefanie Keen, $68.95

Psychologists McCoy and Keen offer a detailed examination child abuse and neglect — what it entails, the latest research and how to recognize and report it.

The book opens with the background on child maltreatment including its history, an overview of the research, and the risk factors. Details about mandated reporting are also explored. Different forms of maltreatment - physical abuse, neglect, psychological maltreatment, sexual abuse, fetal abuse, and Munchausen by Proxy Syndrome - are then examined. Incidence estimates and consequences for each type of maltreatment are provided. Legal issues including forensic interviewing are then reviewed. The book concludes with an example of what happens to a child after a report is filed along with suggestions for preventing child maltreatment.

Child pornography, particularly that available via the Internet, has become a cause of huge social concern in recent years. Drawing on extensive new research findings, it examines how child pornography is used on the Internet and the social context in which such use occurs, and develops a model of offending behavior to better help understand and deal with the processes of offending. Detailed case studies and offenders' own accounts are used to illustrate the processes involved in offending and treatment. Only by improving our understanding of this complex and very controversial topic can we hope to deal effectively with offenders and with their child victims. This is a book which will become an essential read for anyone involved with offenders or victims from a psychological, judicial or social background.

Children Exposed to Violence. Edited by Margaret Feerick & Gerald Silverman, $35.95

In the past decade, children’s exposure to violence has attracted more public interest and media attention than ever before. Addressing this problem requires a comprehensive, focused research agenda. This timely, practical resource brings current research together, identifies gaps in our understanding of the effects of exposure to violence on children, and sets a direction for future research to support interventions and violence prevention. Focusing on three major types of violence — war and terrorism, domestic violence and community violence — two dozen foremost authorities discuss and assess up-to-date statistics and research on the prevalence of each type of violence in the lives of children from birth to age 17.

The Courage to Heal: a Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse, 4th Edition. Laura Davis & Ellen Bass, $29.50

This 20th anniversary edition of The Courage to Heal brings contemporary research and tools to this compassionate classic. Completely revised, updated and expanded, this edition brings personal stories together with clear explanations, practical suggestions and support throughout the healing process.

Many new features include:

• Current research on trauma and the brain
• An overview of powerful new healing tools such as imagery, meditation, and body-centered practices
• Additional stories that reflect a greater diversity of survivor experiences
• A comprehensive, up-to-date resource guide
• Insights from the authors’ experience since the first edition was published

Disability and Child Sexual Abuse: Lessons from Survivors’ Narratives for Effective Protection, Prevention and Treatment. Martina Higgins & John Swain, $43.95

Disability and Child Sexual Abuse examines the ways in which society places disabled children in situations of unacceptable risk, and how patterns of service delivery can contribute to the problem.

Domestic Violence and Children: a Handbook for Schools and Early Years Settings. Abigail Sterne & Liz Poole, $43.95

Domestic Violence and Children draws on the expertise of a wide range of professionals, including specialist domestic violence children’s workers and counsellors, psychologists, teachers, mentors and family support workers. It provides essential help and information to all children’s service directorates, as well as a range of professionals in education, social care, health and the voluntary sector.

Don’t Tell: the Sexual Abuse of Boys. Michel Dorais, $24.95

First-hand accounts by male victims and insightful analysis and strategies for coping with sexual abuse.

The Emotionally Abused and Neglected Child: Identification, Assessment and Intervention: a Practice Handbook, 2nd Edition. Dorota Iwaniec $71.99

Emotional abuse and neglect are at the core of all types of child maltreatment, and have lifelong effects on the physical and psychological development and well-being of children. Yet they are considered to be the most difficult to deal with by those who have the responsibility to protect and intervene in effective ways. The Emotionally Abused and Neglected Child explores the concept of a damaged child, and looks at the different types of injury, ranging from active to passive, physical to emotional, that stop children from reaching their full potential psychologically and physically. Case studies are provided to illustrate the features of emotional abuse, and chapters are devoted to the assessment and prediction of emotional abuse, effects of emotional abuse as the child grows up, intervention and treatment and working with the family as a whole.

Healing the Incest Wound, Second Edition: Adult Survivors in Therapy. Christine Courtois, $62.50

Healing the Incest Wound was a groundbreaking book that put incest studies and treatment on the map. Now, almost 20 years later, this bestselling text is fully updated, offering the most current studies and findings on incest typologies, dynamics, and treatment strategies. Drawing on cutting-edge research on incest and other forms of child abuse, it includes attention to their neurological, attachment, affective, and dissociative sequelae. Courtois—a veteran practitioner and an expert in complex traumatic stress disorders resulting from chronic child abuse—presents a comprehensive revision to this classic treatment manual for therapists.

Helping Her Get Free: a Guide for Families and Friends of Abused Women. Susan Brewster, $16.95

Helping Her Get Free shows readers how to recognize the signs of abuse in, handle negative feelings, become an effective advocate, deal with the abuser, and more. With a new introduction and updated resource section, this straightforward and compassionate book offers the information needed to help give strength to women who are trying to break free.

Hurting Yourself: for Young People Who Have Attempted Suicide or Intentionally Injured Themselves. Jeanne Harper, $3.95

A simple, compassionate booklet that offers both understanding and practical support for teens in crisis.

In the Name of Love: Women’s Narratives of Love and Abuse. Heather Fraser, $39.95

Using a feminist narrative approach, stories about love, abuse, and social work are told with the purpose of understanding domestic violence and other forms of abuse. Based on interviews with 84 women of varying ages in Canada and Australia, the author shows how the pain and shame of intimate abuse can leave its mark on the bodies, minds, and souls of victims/survivors long after abusive episodes have ended. Additionally, Fraser also discusses the importance of hope, ‘enlightened witnesses’, income support, and educational opportunities for women who refuse to renounce love relationships altogether, but are instead, trying to foster relationships that are respectful as well as erotic.

Intimate Partner Abuse and Health Professionals: New Approaches to Domestic Violence. Edited by Gwenneth Roberts, Kelsey Hegarty, & Gene Feder, $62.95

This title is directed primarily to health care professionals. It explores the complex issues of identification and intervention with survivors of intimate partner abuse including:

• Impact of intimate partner abuse on physical and mental health.
• Education of health professionals — changing attitudes and overcoming barriers.
• Health care based interventions — do they make a difference?
• The impact of intimate partner abuse on childbearing women.
• The impact of intimate partner abuse on children.
• Advocacy for survivors in health care settings.
• Non-English-speaking background people and intimate partner abuse.
• Gay and lesbian relationships and intimate partner abuse.
• Future directions for research and training of health professionals.

Invisible Girls: the Truth About Sexual Abuse. Patti Feuereisen, $21.50

A book for teen girls, young women and everyone who cares about them.

It's My Life Now: Starting Over After an Abusive Relationship or Domestic Violence. Meg Kennedy Dugan & Roger Hock, $22.95

Survivors of domestic abuse know that leaving is not the end of the nightmare. It is the beginning of an often difficult and challenging journey toward healing and happiness. It’s My Life Now offers readers the practical guidance, emotional reassurance, and psychological awareness that survivors of relationship abuse and domestic violence need to heal and reclaim their lives after leaving their abusers.

The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help. Jackson Katz, $22.95

The Macho Paradox: Why Some Men Hurt Women and How All Men Can Help makes the case that violence against women is a male issue as well as a female one, and that men have an obligation to better understand it and to do something about it. Pioneering anti-violence educator Jackson Katz offers cogent explanations for why so many men harass and hurt women - including those women closest to them - and he shows both women and men what they can do to stop the violence. The book incorporates the voices and experiences of women and men who have confronted the problem of gender violence from all angles, specifically highlighting what works and what does not work in dealing with this issue. By working together as allies, Katz shows both men and women how they can end the abuse and mistreatment of women.

Making an Impact: Children and Domestic Violence, a Reader. Marianne Hester, Chris Pearson & Nicola Harwin, $34.95

Making an Impact: Children and Domestic Violence focuses on the children who experience domestic violence and lays guidelines for how best to support and protect them … (and) will enable professionals working with children to develop informed, sophisticated and collaborative child care and protection responses.

Mothering through Domestic Violence. Lorraine Radford & Marianne Hester, $43.95

Based on findings from six primary research studies carried out by the authors themselves, as well as other published research, this book reveals how undermining mothering – specifically, family courts and social work agencies blaming mothers for their own victimization – plays a key role in locking women into abusive relationships and exacerbating the damage done by domestic violence. It explores the principle message drawn from the research: that the needs of individual victims should inform risk assessment and safety planning by welfare practitioners. Case studies are used to explore key issues that should be considered during assessment and planning, such as the psychological impact on children of living in an abusive household; mother and child protection from an abusive partner during court proceedings; and child contact with an abusive parent.

My Body Belongs to Me. Jill Starshevsky, $16.95 (ages 3-10)

My Body Belongs to Me helps children learn that when it comes to their bodies, there are boundaries. It assures them that it is okay to tell if someone touches their “private parts.” Rhyming text and colourful illustrations help parents, caregivers and educators initiate this important dialogue with children.

This widely used guidebook and text combines theory, research, and practical clinical strategies. Provided is a thoughtful framework for understanding the developmental impact of maltreatment; assessing the unique needs of each child and family; building a strong therapeutic relationship; and implementing a variety of effective interventions. Reflecting significant recent advances that have occurred in child therapy, the second edition gives greater emphasis to empirically supported treatments. It also features many new clinical illustrations; the latest knowledge on attachment disorders, posttraumatic stress disorder, and sexual behavior problems; expanded coverage of culturally sensitive assessment, and more.

Safeguarding Children: a Shared Responsibility. Hedy Cleaver, Pat Cawson, Sarah Gorin & Steve Walker, Editors, $54.99

Safeguarding Children represents a multi-professional approach to safeguarding children. Written for social workers and related professionals, it is also a valuable addition to training programs. The book focuses on the methods of identifying children at risk and details what happens at each stage of the social work process.

Sex Offenders and the Internet. Kerry Sheldon & Dennis Howitt, $71.99

Kerry Sheldon and Dennis Howitt examine the research base on Internet sexual offenders by reviewing case studies and psychological profiles, with a particular focus on paedophilic sex offenders. The result is a book that comprehensively details the nature of Internet sex offenders, bringing together the relevant research into one essential volume.

Sex Offenders and the Internet covers key issues and concerns, including:

• Issues of child pornography - social, historical, legal and psychological
• The development of paedophilia and the often unheard 'excuses' — abuse, attachment difficulties, fantasy and delusion
• Helping practitioners to move forwards — what to do?

This text is essential reading for forensic psychologists, probation officers, police officers, MSc level students in forensic psychology as well as criminologists.

STOP Domestic Violence: Innovative Skills, Techniques, Options, and Plans for Better Relationships. David B. Wexler, $40.00; Handouts & Homework packet, $15.00

This comprehensive treatment program for domestic violence offenders is an all-in-one manual for therapists, social workers, and other counselors. The manual teaches group leaders how to effectively and successfully administer Wexler’s internationally-recognized program by integrating cognitive behavioral skills and a client-centered, skill-building approach that emphasizes respect for the offender himself.

Treatment providers will find the open-ended 26-week psycho-educational treatment model packed with innovative specific skills-training exercises, handouts, and homework … The accompanying workbook and the skills learned from the CD-ROM exercises are invaluable take-home resources for the group members, fully engaging the abusive male in his own education and healing process.

Sexual abuse and the reactions to it affect mothers' whole lives—from thinking about having children all the way to being grandmothers. These effects are far-reaching and deeply felt. Survivor Moms shares narrative excerpts from interviews with women who have survived abuse; along with the clinical perspectives of midwives and contributions from other healthcare professionals. Whether you are a survivor, a midwife, a mental health provider, or you know a survivor who is on this path, you will learn from this book about mothering and the ongoing journey of healing and surviving.

Talking About Domestic Abuse is an activity pack for children of 9 years and above and adolescents where families have experienced domestic abuse, to help and encourage them to open up to their mothers about their experiences. A practical and compassionate tool for use by therapists, social workers and other professionals helping the families of domestic violence.

Talking to My Mum is an activity pack for 5–8-year-olds whose families have experienced domestic abuse, to help and encourage them to open up to their mothers about their distressing experiences … an essential tool for families with children who have lived through domestic abuse, as well as social workers and other professionals working with them.

Meeting a key need, this book presents a modular adult psychotherapy approach grounded in extensive clinical experience and research. Provided is a flexible, empirically supported framework for helping clients manage symptoms related to past physical or sexual abuse; build emotion regulation and interpersonal skills; and process traumatic memories and their associated feelings of fear, shame, and loss. Session-by-session guidelines include many suggestions for tailoring interventions to each person's needs in the context of a safe, supportive therapeutic environment. Designed in a large, easy-to-use format, the book includes over a dozen reproducible handouts, worksheets, and other tools for clinicians and clients.

The Truth is Longer Than a Lie reveals what young victims have to say about abuse and its effects on their lives; their views on the reasons for abuse; their opinions of abusers and non-offending parents; and how they felt about disclosing their experiences. Significantly, this book provides important insights into children’s perceptions of the professionals who intervened — to protect them, to prosecute the abuser or to provide therapeutic counselling. The Truth is Longer Than a Lie is invaluable reading for social workers, child protection workers, counsellors, legal professionals and anyone working with abused children.

Understanding Child Abuse: the Partners of Child Sex Offenders Tell Their Stories. Terry Philpot, $55.95

Much of Understanding Child Abuse is devoted to the voices of the partners, telling their stories and how they feel about the situations in which they found themselves, how they coped, and how they remade their lives and those of their families. Combining theory, practice and personal testimony in a concise and accessible manner, Understanding Child Abuse is essential reading for social work practitioners and students as well as probation officers and anyone involved with child protection.

Violent Partners: a Breakthrough Plan for Ending the Cycle of Abuse. Linda Mills, $21.50

A radical new take on the crisis of intimate abuse, Violent Partners argues that as a culture we misunderstand the root causes and basic effects of abuse, and until that changes, there is no hope of fixing the problem.

Controversial, provocative, and accessible, Violent Partners highlights in great detail the complexities of violence through the stories of men and women who have acknowledged their abuse and sought to do something about it. This is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand violence in their own relationship, friends and family members of victims and abusers, and legal and mental health practitioners looking for a new and valuable approach to treating families in crisis.

When Violence Begins at Home: a Comprehensive Guide to Understanding and Ending Domestic Abuse. K.J. Wilson, $33.95

This extensive reference provides victims of abuse and their caregivers with guidance on everything from indicators of an abusive relationship to advice on leaving an abusive partner, from anti-burnout tips for helpers and social workers to current trends in domestic violence prevention. This new edition includes current research in the parenting behaviors of batterers, drug-facilitated sexual assault (also known as date rape drugs), stalking, cyber-stalking, pregnancy and domestic violence, and the effectiveness of batterer intervention programs. Controversial issues such as mutual battering, child welfare and “failure to protect” policies, child custody and visitation rights for batterers, mandatory arrests, and welfare reform have also been addressed in this edition. Two new chapters devote attention to domestic violence in the military and to the challenging—and rewarding—role of those who work with battered women and their children.