A comprehensive resource on juvenile sexual offense, this book provides information on the abused and the abuser, and on the cycle of abuse and appropriate treatment. Part 1 provides an overview of "The Problem of Juvenile Sexual Offending," including: (1) "Sexually Abusive Youth: Defining the Population" (G. Ryan); and (2) "Incidence and Prevalence of Sexual Offenses Committed by Juveniles" (G. Ryan). Part 2, "Theoretical Perspectives," covers: (3) "Theories of Etiology" (G. Ryan); (4) "Sexual Development in Infancy and Childhood" (F. M. Martinson); (5) "Deviancy: Development Gone Wrong" (B. F. Steele, G. Ryan); (6) "The Sexual Abuse Cycle" (S. Lane); (7) "Phenomenology: A Developmental-Contextual View" (G. Ryan); and (8) "The Families of Sexually Abusive Youth" (G. Ryan). Part 3, "Consequences of Sexual Abuse," includes: (9) "Consequences for the Victim of Sexual Abuse" (G. Ryan); and (10) Consequences for the Youth Who Has Been Abusive" (G. Ryan). Part 4, "Intervention in Juvenile Sexual Offending," includes: (11) "The Evolving Response to Juvenile Sexual Offenses" (G. Ryan); (12) "Program Development" (F. H. Knopp, R. Freeman-Longo, S. Lane); (13) "The Legal System's Response to Juvenile Sexual Offenders" (J. Heinz, G. Ryan); (14) "Comprehensive Service Delivery with a Continuum of Care" (S. Bengis); and (15) "Assessment of Sexually Abusive Youth" (S. Lane). Part 5, "Treatment of Sexually Abusive Youth," reviews: (16) "Integrating Theory and Method" (G. Ryan, S. Lane); (17) "Special Populations: Children, Females, the Developmentally Disabled, and Violent Youth" (S. Lane, C. Lobanov-Rostovsky); (18) "The Family in Treatment" (J. Thomas); (19) "Creating an 'Abuse-Specific' Milieu" (G. Ryan); and (20) "Aftercare: Community Integration Following Institutional Treatment" (W. C. Greer). Part 6, "Prevention," addresses: (21) "Perpetration Prevention: Primary and Secondary" (G. Ryan). Part 7, "Working with Sexual Abuse," discusses: (22) "The Impact of Sexual Abuse on the Interventionist" (G. Ryan, S. Lane). (EMK)