Unspeakable Acts: Why Men Sexually Abuse Children

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Summary: Douglas Pryor...Great writer and teacher
Review: I was one of Douglas Pryor's students, and I had to read the book for a class assignment. The best book I've read so far, it's easy to read, and full of interesting case studies. I highly recomend this book for everyone interested in sexual abuse.

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Summary: Looking at the inside of an Onion
Review: Right after I was caught for molesting one of my young children, I bought this book to learn who the hell I am and a little bit about how I got into that narrow-minded hell-hole of child sexual interest and action. This book REALLY opened my eyes, and gave hugely rewarding insights into myself (not ones I expected to find!). The author writes clinically and compassionately, and offers superb suggestions at the end on how our criminal justice system could do an awful lot better with family offenders. I've since plead guilty and was sentenced to jail time, treatment, and many years of probation. This book helped me understand myself as an offender, the impact on the child, and the range of conventional and possible public responses to punish and treat this terrible offense. I highly recommend it for troubled offenders who WANT insight into this mindset, as well as for loving spouses and close relatives that want to better understand and support the offender. The writing is good.

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Summary: Don't buy this book
Review: This book seems to be more sympathetic towards the child molester. I thought it would give me some insight into why they abuse kids. Instead, it told in detail about the mens sexual horrible fantasies about the kids. This book describes a lot of awful molestation scenarios. It didn't help me understand why they molested children. It only told me what I already knew. That they are weird perverts. If you want a book that is helpful, I recommend a book called "Identifying child molesters."