Reviews for Sexuality, law, and the developmentally disabled person

The average rating for Sexuality, law, and the developmentally disabled person based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-09-02 00:00:00 Damon Anker The author is an apologist for child sexual abuse. "It is not only radical factions, such as. . . the Gay Liberation Movement's bete noir, NAMBLA. . . that stir up the debate. Mainstream. . . researchers. . . question whether all of the 'sexual' experiences between children and adults are necessarily 'abusive"' and "see parallels with the earlier sexual science view of homosexuality.” That earlier view, of course, saw all homosexuals as sick, just as today's crusaders see all intergenerational sex as abusive. As long as 40 years ago, Karl Menninger and Lauretta Bender found several cases of incest and other intergenerational sexuality that had positive outcomes. Bender said that "in contrast to the harsh social taboos. . . there exists no scientific proof that there are any resulting deleterious effects."

Review # 2 was written on 2018-12-26 00:00:00 Sharon Liccardo Every parent should read this. It sharpens our ability to understand how perps get access to children and once they have access, how they lure them. The subject makes this a very difficult book to read, I won't lie. Leberg uses non-academic wording so it's approachable for us layfolk. A careful reading of this can potentially save more kids from this travesty. I wish this topic was included in parenting classes. Parents can easily get access to the signs of abuse in children. For teenagers, some parents are learning how to spot suicidal thoughts so they can prevent that. This book teaches how to spot behaviours in potential child molesters. It doesn't encourage witch hunting, but it does give practical tools to protect more at risk children before something tragic happens.