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VOLUME 5, 2012
| Integrating a Trauma-Sensitive Approach to Assessment and Treatment of Children and Youth | May 2012 |
| How trauma and attachment can impact neurodevelopment: Informing our understanding and treatment of sexual behaviour problems. | |
| Creeden, K. (2009). | |
| A Landmark Study on the Impact of Trauma on Children and Adolescents | April 2012 |
| Down will come baby, cradle and all: Diagnostic and therapeutic implications of chronic trauma on child development. | |
| Streeck-Fischer, A. & van der Kolk, B.A. (2000). | |
| Developmental Risk Factors for Sexual Offending Behaviors | March 2012 |
| Can we distinguish juvenile violent sex offenders, violent non-sex offenders, and versatile violent sex offenders based on childhood risk factors? | |
| Wanklyn, S.G., Ward, A.K., Cormier, N.S., Day, D.M., & Nelson, J.E. (2012). | |
| What we know about adolescents who sexually abuse in groups | February 2012 |
| Juvenile Group Sex Offenders: A Comparison of Group Leaders and Followers. | |
| Hart-Kerkhoffs, L., Vermeiren, R.R.J., Jansen L.M.C., and Doreleijers, T.A.H. (2011). | |
| What is the difference between adolescents who sexually abuse and others who commit non-sexual crimes? | January 2012 |
| Correlates of Recidivism Among Adolescents Who have Sexually Offended. | |
| Carpentier, J and Proulx, J. (2011). |
VOLUME 4, 2011
| Why Do (And Don't) People Intervene When They See Child Abuse? | December 2011 |
| Bystander Responses to Public Episodes of Child Abuse. | |
| Christy, C. A. and Voigt, H. (1994). | |
| How to Work with Adolescents in Denial who Sexually Abuse. | November 2011 |
| "But I Didn't Do It!": Ethical Treatment of Sex Offenders in Denial. | |
| Levenson, J. (2010). | |
| Assessing Risk with the "ERASOR". | October 2011 |
| Prospective Validity of the Estimate of Risk of Adolescent Sexual Offense Recidivism (ERASOR). | |
| Worling, J.R. Bookalam, D., and Litteljohn, A. (2011). | |
| Characteristics of Youth Who Continue Their Sexual Or Non-Sexual Criminal Behavior. | September 2011 |
| Juvenile sexual offenders: Correlates of onset, variety, and desistance of criminal behavior. | |
| Carpentier, J., Leclerc, B., and Proulx, J. (2011). | |
| Survey for NEARI Press. | August 2011 |
| NEARI Webinar and Satisfaction Survey. | |
| Steven Bengis, David S. Prescott, and Joan Tabachnick. | |
| The Effects of Victimization on Subsequent Sexual Abuse: Age Matters. | July 2011 |
| Examining Childhood Abuse Patterns and Sensitive Periods in Juvenile Sexual Offenders. | |
| Grabell, A. and Knight, R. (2009). | |
| Validity of Assessing Risk. | June 2011 |
| An Examination of Two Sexual Recidivism Risk Measures in Adolescent Offenders: The Moderating Effect of Offender Type. | |
| Gordana Rajlic and Heather M. Gretton. (2010). | |
| Using Causal Risk Factors to Focus Our Prevention and Intervention Work. | May 2011 |
| Preventing Rape: What the Research Tells Us. Keynote Address at the 13th Annual MASOC/MATSA Conference. | |
| Dr. Raymond Knight. (April 2011). | |
| Risk Factors for Adolescents Do Change with Age. | April 2011 |
| Changes in Risk Factors during Adolescence: Implications for Risk Assessment. | |
| Van der Put, C.E., Dekovic, M., Stams, G.J.J.M., Van der Laan, P. H., Hoeve, M. and Van Amelsfort, L. (2011). | |
| Do No Harm. | March 2011 |
| Psychological Treatments that Cause Harm. | |
| Lilienfeld, Scott (2007). | |
| The Role of Alcohol in Sexually Coercive Behavior by Both Male and Female College Students. | February 2011 |
| Coercive Sexual Experiences, Protective Behavioral Strategies Alcohol Expectancies and Consumption Among Male and Female College Students. | |
| Palmer, R.S., McMahon, T.J., Rounsaville, B.J. and Ball, S.A. (2010). | |
| The Impact of Physical and Emotional Abuse and Neglect on the Development of Sexualized Behaviors. | January 2011 |
| Beyond Sexual Abuse: The Impact of Other Maltreatment Experiences on Sexualized Behaviors. | |
| Merrick, M., Litrownik, A., Everson, M., & Cox, C. (2008). |
VOLUME 3, 2010
| The Clinical and Ethical Dilemma of Using Polygraphy with Adolescents. | December 2010 |
| The Case of Juvenile Polygraphy as a Clinical Ethics Dilemma. | |
| Chaffin, M. (2010). | |
| The Impact of Self-Control and Morality on a Teen's Decision to Commit a Crime. | November 2010 |
| Does the effect of self-control on adolescent offending vary by level of morality? A test in three countries. | |
| Svensson, R., Pauwels, L., & Weerman, F.M. (2010). | |
| New Findings on Risk Assessment with Children and Adolescents. | October 2010 |
| Assessing risk of sexually abusive behavior among youth in a child welfare sample. | |
| Prentky, R.A., Li, N-C., Righthand, S., Schuler, A., Cavanaugh, D., & Lee, A.F. (2010). | |
| A New Analysis Sheds Light on Sexual Abuse by Juveniles. | September 2010 |
| What is so special about male adolescent sexual offending? A review and test of explanations through meta-analysis. | |
| Seto, M.C., & Lalumière, M.L. (2010). | |
| What Does the Latest Research Say about Working with Children and Adolescents? | August 2010 |
| Juveniles Who Commit Sex Offenses Against Minors. | |
| David Finkelhor, Richard Ormrod, and Mark Chaffin (2009). | |
| Persistence of Sexual Behaviors in Pre-Teens. | July 2010 |
| Youth with Problematic Sexualized Behaviors in the Child Welfare System: A One-Year Longitudinal Study. | |
| William N. Friedrich, Amy J. L. Baker, Rob Parker, Mel Schneiderman, Len Gries and Marc Archer (2005). | |
| Does individualized treatment with sexually abusive adolescents lower the risk that they will re-offend? | June 2010 |
| 20-Year Study Concludes that Specialized Treatment with Sexually Abusive Adolescents Reduced Long-Term Re-Offense. | |
| Worling, J.R., Littlejohn, A., & Bookalam, D. (2010). | |
| Attachment Theory Can Help our Understanding of Sexual Abuse Perpetration by Adolescents. | May 2010 |
| Understanding Sexual Perpetration Against Children: Effects of Attachment Style, Interpersonal Involvement, and Hypersexuality. | |
| Michael H. Miner, Beatrice “Bean” E. Robinson, Raymond A. Knight, Dianne Berg, Rebecca Swinburne Romine, and Jason Netland (2010). | |
| Do Psychiatric Conditions Contribute to Recidivism? | April 2010 |
| The contribution of psychiatric disorder to juvenile recidivism. | |
| McReynolds, L.S., Schwalbe, C.S., & Wasserman, G.A. (2010). | |
| Where does personal victimization fit in the assessment and treatment of adolescents who have sexually abused? | March 2010 |
| Subgroup differences in the modus operandi of adolescent sexual offenders. | |
| Kaufman, K.L., Hilliker, D.R., and Daleiden, E.L. (1996). | |
| How Should Professionals Use the Polygraph with Adolescents Who Have Sexually Abused? | February 2010 |
| Polygraph Testing Leads to Better Understanding Adult and Juvenile Sex Offenders. | |
| Hindman, J. & Peters, J.M. (2001). | |
| Goals, Skills, and Strategies: Revisiting Our Assumptions. | January 2010 |
| The relationships between social goals, skills, and strategies and their effect on aggressive behavior among adolescents. | |
| Winstok, Z. (2009). |
VOLUME 2, 2009
| Can We Ask A Favor? | December 2009 |
| Support the NEARI Jump-Start Program. | |
| Steve Bengis | |
| Taking a More Postive Approach in Treatment. | November 2009 |
| A reevaluation of relapse prevention with adolescents who sexual offend: A good-lives model. | |
| Thakker, J., Ward, T., and Tidmarsh, P. (2008). | |
| Cultural Competence May Be Easier to Discuss than to Practice. |
October 2009 |
| Interviewing immigrant children and families for suspected child maltreatment. | |
| Fontes, L. (2009). | |
| Iatrogenic effects of group treatment for antisocial youth. | September 2009 |
| Group Treatment for Adolescents: Helpful or Harmful? | |
| Weiss, B., Caron, A., Ball, S., Tapp, J., Johnson, M., & Weisz, J.R. (2005). | |
| Pathways to Offending: Adults Differ from Adolescents. | August 2009 |
| Testing an etiological model for male juvenile sexual offending against females. | |
| Knight, R.A., & Sims-Knight, J.E. (2004). | |
| De-Bunking Myths about People who have Sexually Abused. | July 2009 |
| Lessons learned and unanswered questions about sexual assault perpetration. | |
| Abbey, A. (2005). | |
| Is Denial a Risk Factor? | June 2009 |
| Denial predicts recidivism for some sexual offenders. | |
| Nunes, K.L., Hanson, R.K., Firestone, P., Moulden, H.M., Greenberg, D. M., & Bradford, J.M. (2007). | |
| Understanding the Sexual Behavior of Children. | May 2009 |
| Normative sexual behavior in children: A contemporary sample. | |
| Friedrich, W.N., Fisher, J., Broughton, D., Houston, M., & Shafran, C.R. (1998). | |
| Professionals May Be Able to Identify High-Risk Adolescents. | April 2009 |
| Five-year accuracy of assessments of high risk for sexual recidivism of adolescents. | |
| Hagan, M.P., Anderson, D.L., Caldwell, M.S., & Kemper, T.S. (in press). | |
| Family Support of Adolescent Change is Vital. | March 2009 |
| Rough terrain: navigating around barriers to family involvement with youth who have caused sexual harm. | |
| Schladale, J. (2005). | |
| Current Research Casts Doubt on the Effectiveness of Registering Youth. | February 2009 |
| Recidivism rates for registered and nonregistered juvenile sexual offenders. | |
| Letourneau EJ, Armstrong KS. (2008). | |
| The Value of Asking Adolescents to Self-Report Sexual Arousal and Sexual Interest. | January 2009 |
| Assessing sexual arousal with adolescent males who have offended sexually: Self-report and unobtrusively measured viewing time. | |
| Worling, J.R. (2006). |
VOLUME 1, 2008
| A Meaningful Guide to Working with Children with Sexual Behavior Problems. | December 2008 |
| Report of the Task Force on Children with Sexual Behavior Problems. | |
| Chaffin, M. Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers (2006). | |
| Challenging Long-Held Notions about Sexual Abuse by Adolescents. | November 2008 |
| Juvenile Sex Offenders: A Case Against the Legal and Clinical Status Quo. | |
| Letourneau, E.J., & Miner, M.H. (2005). | |
| Is Specialized Assessment and Treatment for Adolescents Really Needed? | October 2008 |
| Sexual offense adjudication and sexual recidivism among juvenile offenders. | |
| Caldwell, M.F. (2007). | |
| A New Tool Helps Assess Treatment Progress. | September 2008 |
| Initial Psychometric Properties of a Treatment Planning and Progress Inventory for Adolescents Who Sexually Abuse. | |
| Oneal, B.J. Burns, G.L. Kahn, T.J., Rich, P., & Worling, J.R. (2008). | |
| Punishment Does Not Prevent Abuse. | July 2008 |
| The effects of prison sentences and intermediate sanctions on recidivism: General effects and individual differences. | |
| Smith, P., Goggin, C., & Gendreau, P. (2002). | |
| A New Study Looks at Victimization and Personality Characteristics of Youth who have Sexually Abused. | June 2008 |
| An exploratory evaluation of the contribution of personality and childhood sexual victimization to the development of sexually abusive behavior. | |
| Burton, D.L. (2008). | |
| Research Shows that the Right Treatment for Adolescents Can Reduce Recidivism. | May 2008 |
| The effectiveness of sexual offender treatment for juveniles as measured by recidivism: A metaanalysis. | |
| Reitzel, L.R., & Carbonell, J.L. (2006). | |
| The Inherent Dangers of Assessing Risk among Youth: New Research and Old Dilemmas. | April 2008 |
| Assessing risk for violence in adolescents who have sexually offended: A comparison of the J-SOAP-II, J-SORRAT-II, and SAVRY. | |
| Viljoen, J. L., Scalora, M., Cuadra, L., Bader, S., Chavez, V., Ullman, D., & Lawrence,L. (2008). |