Joyce Lakey

Beware the Child: a Journey with Adolescent Sex Offenders Joyce Lakey

Children who molest children aresociety's dark little secret. That's exactly why lay persons, as well asprofessionals, should read this chilling portrait of male adolescent sexoffenders. It is an authentic silhouette of their characteristics and conductwhich help the reader, indeed, beware. Daring to peek into this shadowy cornerof histories and anecdotes will result in sharpened insight into predatorybehavior that devastates the innocence of childhood. That insight, fueled bythe information in this book, can help preserve a precious purity. This personal account gifts thereader with: Thinking errors in male adolescent sex offenders. Ways to teach morality to children who have already committed immoral acts. More than 350 myths and faulty beliefs which adolescent sex offenders act on. Cautions to the general public about signs to watch for . Details of essential treatment which must be internalized if the offender is to return to society. Some information in this book isprobably available in professional journals and books, but not in an anecdotalstyle which the author has deliberately adopted to encourage generalizedreadership about this serious social issue.