Children Who Are Victims of Sexual Assault and the Psychology of Offenders

Joseph J. Peters, M.D.Authors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 30, Number 3

https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1976.30.3.398

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Psychiatrists and others have too often discounted reports of sexual attacks upon children and ascribed the incident to fantasy. The author’s experience in private psychoanalytic practice and in Philadelphia’s rape victim clinics indicates that these assaults occur frequently. If the sexual attack is dealt with improperly or repressed it may cause serious psychologic problems for the victim as an adult.

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American Journal of Psychotherapy

Volume 30 • Number 3 • 1976, pp. 361–545

Pages: 398 - 421

PubMed: 970503

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Published in print: 1976, pp. 361–545

Published online: 30 April 2018

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Joseph J. Peters, M.D.^†

Philadelphia, Pa.

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Presented at the Sixteenth Emit A. Gutheil Memorial Conference of the Association for the Advancement of Psychotherapy, New York City, November 9, 1975.

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Director, Philadelphia Sex Offender and Rape Victim Center, Philadelphia General Hospital; Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Lecturer at Center for Studies in Criminology and Law, University of Pennsylvania; Senior Attending Psychiatrist, The Institute of Pennsylvania Hospital, 111 North 49th Street, Philadelphia, Pa. 19139.

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Children Who Are Victims of Sexual Assault and the Psychology of Offenders

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