Publisher's Synopsis
Paedophiles and Sexual Offences Against Children Dennis Howitt Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough University, UK This book, at times controversial, is an investigation of people who sexually offend against children. It argues that paedophilia forms a focus for the numerous ideological battles which structure how offenders are understood, and discusses the wide variety of perspectives on adult child sexual contacts. Inevitably, therefore, the book concerns the activities of professionals involved in treating and researching sex offenders as well as those of the offenders themselves. With critical issues of definition, theory and therapy dealt with from a variety of viewpoints, Paedophiles and Sexual Offences Against Children provides a clear and comprehensive account of sexual offending against children.
