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Alicia Berenson, a celebrated painter, shoots her husband Gabriel and then falls silent, becoming a media sensation. In North London’s Grove secure unit, psychotherapist Theo Faber devotes himself to uncovering why she became the Silent Patient and his own true motives.

A tense psychological thriller that pits FBI agent Clarice Starling against the notorious cannibalistic serial killer Dr. Hannibal Lecter as they collaborate to catch a new predator.

When Libby Day’s family is brutally murdered, she blames her older brother Ben, who is imprisoned for life. Twenty‑four years later, a coaxing group suggests Ben’s innocence and forces Libby to revisit the night’s trauma and unravel the truth.

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In the Lake of the Woods follows John and Kathy Wade as they grapple with political defeat, marital strain, and Kathy’s sudden disappearance on a Minnesota lake, prompting a desperate search and a haunted look at their hidden secrets.

Treating sexually abused children is never easy, but dealing with the youngest victims- children of pre-school age- presents special problems. The clinician must know how to communicate with these children, and how to overcome their fear of divulging a terrible secret. They also must confront the powerful emotions evoked by sexual abuse. Combining theory, research, and practice, the authors have compiled the first authoritative volume to focus on very young molested children. This book gives the practitioner the understanding and technical tools to evaluate and treat young victims of abuse. It describes how to win the trust of frightened children; how to pose questions that will evoke the most information; and how to use puppets, dolls, and art materials. It assess a variety of treatment modalities, including individual play therapy, structured group treatment, and work with parents. Because sexually abused children are frequently called upon to testify against alleged molesters, the book also examines the legal and ethical issues of recording testimony. Among the topics covered are: consideration of the child's developmental stage; how to assess suspected child abuse; techniques for interviewing and gathering evidence; allegations of sexual abuse in divorce proceedings; family dynamics of incest with young children; and helping parents cope with extrafamilial molestation. The authors are among the pioneers in this field. Combining theoretical sophistication with the wisdom born of vast experience, their clear coverage of this most sensitive issue provides an invaluable tool for any professional who comes in contact with preschool molested children and their families. -- from Book Jacket.

Explores the emotional, physical, and legal issues surrounding the crime of sexual abuse, including possible reasons for committing abuse, how abuse affects the lives of victims, and how society can combat sexual abuse.

It is commonly acknowledged that sexual abuse of children is a grave and pervasive problem and that child molesters are predators who compulsively repeat their crimes and have little hope of cure. Yet as recently as twenty years ago many experts viewed the problem as a far less serious one, declaring that molestation was very rare and that molesters were merely confused individuals unlikely to repeat their offenses. Over the past century, opinion has fluctuated between these radically different perspectives. This timely book traces shifting social responses to adult sexual contacts with children, whether this involves molestation by strangers or incestuous acts by family members. The book explores how and why concern about the sexual offender has fluctuated in North America since the late nineteenth century.