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Title: Inside the Mind of Sexual Offenders : Predatory Rapists, Pedophiles, and Criminal Profiles by Dennis J. Stevens ISBN: 0-595-20046-X Publisher: Authors Choice Press Pub. Date: 08 October, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 2
Summary: Does this author have an editor?
Comment: This is a brilliant and fascinating subject matter, however, I could not for the life of me decide how a Ph.D. author could possibly get a book published with so many English spelling and grammar errors that I had to check repeatedly the front cover for the name of the author. I thought perhaps English was not his first language. But a Ph.D? And a name like Dennis Stevens? Well, in any case, there were so many completely unbelievable spelling, grammar, and syntax errors that unfortunately these over-shadowed what may have been a good book. Also, be forewarned: If you CAN get past the errors, this author loves statistics, he does his studies by interviewing actual inmates or felons/criminals themselves, then goes on to say less about the mind of the criminal than the statistics of the crimes they are likely to commit. I usually pass on my books. This one is trash. I gave it two stars because there actually was a paragraph or two that made sense.
Rating: 2
Summary: OK, if you just want to hear from offenders
Comment: This book was full of typos and other mistakes, which made the reading difficult. The author does illuminate some theories, but not fully. He spends a great deal of time bashing the media and other sources for their perpetuation of the rape myths and fears. While I agree that his insights may be valid and certainly share some important views, the book is basically a collection of interviews from convicted sex offenders and their perspective. Most sex offenders will tell you that they rape for sex. Most people often don't realize the true motivation for their behavior. I don't think the offenders interviewed had the insight or the vocabulary to truly describe their experiences and cognitive processes, but their actions certainly reveal how they objectify women and use them to satisfy their own desires. Therefore, the book contains their own accounts in their own words with little commentary from the author on the psychological significance of their statements. Rather, the author spends more time arguing that we should base research on these sources rather than anything else. As a therapist, I didn't find this book particularly enlightening or useful in treating these individuals in therapy. The grammatical errors and misspelled words also made the book difficult to read.
Rating: 3
Summary: Of Middling Value
Comment: This is a better book than Inside the Criminal Mind, but not as good as the works of Lonnie Athens. Stevens seems to have done his fieldwork by dispatching students with questionnaires to prisons. The result is an insightful guide into the mind of serial rapist with some compelling advice for potential victims based on his findings. The text is hampered by numerous typos (there is more than one reference to people "steeling" for example) and a few glaring grammatical mistakes. He does, at least, rely more on what criminals have told him than on vague statistical studies and he is no dupe. His strength is that he understands the complicated factors that go into making a predator, the difficulty of getting them to change, and the need for better programs to protect the public from the development of such hard core abusers. You will have a better, less slanted insight into how a rapist thinks after you read this book. Stephens, like Lonnie Athens, dares to look at the problem head on, refute the myths and political expediencies of the past, and suggest a program for both government and individual citizens that could go a long way towards reducing the incidence of predatory rape and pedophilia.
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Title: Predators: Pedophiles, Rapists, and Other Sex Offenders: Who They Are, How They Operate, and How We Can Protect Ourselves and Our Children by Anna C., Ph.D. Salter, Anna C. Salter ISBN: 0465071724 Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: 18 March, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: Unspeakable Acts: Why Men Sexually Abuse Children by Douglas W. Pryor ISBN: 0814766668 Publisher: New York University Press Pub. Date: January, 1999 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: Inside the Criminal Mind by Stanton Samenow ISBN: 0812910826 Publisher: Crown Pub. Date: 12 January, 1984 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Conversations With a Pedophile: In the Interest of our Children by Amy, Dr. Hammel-Zabin ISBN: 1569802475 Publisher: Barricade Books Pub. Date: 09 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Evaluating Sex Offenders by Dennis M. Doren ISBN: 0761921141 Publisher: Sage Publications Pub. Date: 15 June, 2002 List Price(USD): $36.95 |
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