Sexual Development in Childhood (Kinsey Institute Series) - Hardcover

 
9780253342430: Sexual Development in Childhood (Kinsey Institute Series)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0253342430 ISBN 13: 9780253342430
Publisher: Indiana University Press, 2003

Synopsis

Approached with either "indifference" or "panic" in our culture, discussion of childhood sexuality remains submerged within political and moral debates that have historically impeded its understanding. In contrast, Sexual Development in Childhood brings together respected researchers and clinicians to assess the current state of knowledge about childhood sexuality. The result is a comprehensive presentation of the latest research that is rational, balanced, and thorough.

The wide-ranging essays in Sexual Development in Childhood seek collectively to answer many of the most vital questions in the field of childhood development. What is childhood sexuality, and why should it be studied? How should it be measured, and what research methods are most useful? What are the current empirical results of research, and in what direction do these studies intend to go in the future? The essays offered in answer to these questions propose to help us understand both the normal range of sexual development in children and the consequences of abusive sexual experiences―objectives that should make this volume an essential resource for teachers, advocates, and social policy professionals as well as for researchers and clinicians.

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About the Author

John Bancroft was trained in medicine at Cambridge University and in psychiatry at the Institute of Psychiatry, London. He has been Director of the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender, and Reproduction, and Professor of Psychiatry at Indiana University since May 1995. He is the author of Human Sexuality and Its Problems, and was founding editor of Annual Review of Sex Research.

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Publisher
Indiana University Press
Publication date
2003
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0253342430
ISBN 13 
9780253342430
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
504
Editor
Bancroft M.D. John Henry Jeffries