Table of Contents

• Preface
  
• Acknowledgments
  
• Introduction
  
• Chapter 1. Understanding the Problem
  
• Child Molesters As Addicts
  
• Sexual Dependence
  
• Chapter 2. Child Molesters in Their Natural Habitat
  
• The Social Psychopath
  
• The Eager Beaver
  
• The Saint
  
• The Curmudgeon
  
• Crude Groomers
  
• Chapter 3. Current Practices
  
• Teaching Children to Protect Themselves from Being Abused
  
• Taking Offenders to Court
  
• Chapter 4. Not All Child Molesters Are Alike
  
• Groomers
  
• Grabbers
  
• Chapter 5. Common Misperceptions
  
• Definition of Child Sexual Abuse
  
• Explanations
  
• Chapter 6. Accurately Differentiating Danger
  
• The Unchanging Nature of the Groomer’s Pathology
  
• False Allegations
  
• Gray Areas in Terms of Age and Consent
  
• Age Cutoffs That Decriminalize Child Sexual Abuse
  
• A Groomer Profile: Differentiating Thoughtful from Manipulative
  
• Recognizing the Manipulative
  
• Chapter 7. A Framework for Understanding Child Sexual Abuse
  
• The Underlying Pattern
  
• Making Information More Visible
  
• How Information Remains Buried
  
• The Framework
  
• The Iceberg
  
• Chapter 8. Interviewing Child Molesters
  
• Identifying Lies
  
• Phony Remorse
  
• Creating Relationship
  
• Inconsistencies
  
• Rehearsed Speech
  
• Too Much Information
  
• Going on the Offensive
  
• Chapter 9. Predicting Risk
  
• Community Notification
  
• What Is Actuarial Data?
  
• Defining Recidivism
  
• Base Rate
  
• Determining Risk
  
• Corroborating Data
  
• The Problem with Numbers
  
• Chapter 10. Incorporating Corroborating Evidence
  
• Victims
  
• Parents
  
• Groups, Organizations, and Officials
  
• Custody Battles
  
• Conclusion
  
• References
  
• Index
  

About the Author

Van Dam, Carla