The authors first provide general information on adolescent sex offenders and address some of the myths about this population. Next, the book considers therapist issues, based on the authors' belief that clinicians who work with this population should engage in self-examination prior to and during the work. It then discusses assessment issues, highlighting the need for a sex offender-specific interview strategy and providing samples of the clinical interviews the authors have used. The treatment chapter focuses on the authors' group treatment model and also provides information on individual and family therapy. The authors' sex offender- specific treatment began with individual therapy to offenders, moved on to group work, and then incorporated family therapy. With adolescent sex offenders, group therapy is the authors' preferred intervention, because they focus on offense patterns, behaviors, and thoughts. The authors term their approach as a psychoeducational, psychotherapy group intervention. Although it includes some education and skill training, the central focus is on having the adolescent offenders work through their offense patterns (process model) by achieving greater understanding of the intrapersonal and interpersonal factors that contributed to their offenses. The final chapter examines techniques and issues related to enhancing the long-term effects of therapeutic interventions with adolescent offenders. Appended sample guide for interviewing offenders, sample interview guide for parents of offenders, risk checklist for offenders, and risk factor constellation, 91 references, and a subject index