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Assessment is the key in the outpatient treatment of the juvenile sexual offender, helping to distinguish cause and determine appropriate interventions. The structured assessment identifies issues regarding sexuality, power, control and the impact of sexual abuse upon the child victim and the juvenile offender. Providing a comprehensive view of the offender's past and present, it helps in the utilization of treatment techniques.
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Bethea-Jackson, G., Brissett-Chapman, S. The juvenile sexual offender: Challenges to assessment for outpatient intervention. Child Adolesc Soc Work J 6, 127–137 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00756112
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