Advantages of group therapy for adolescent participants in the same gang rape.
This paper deals with the issue of including in the same therapeutic group in a prison setting two (or more) young people who participated in the same gang rape. We provide a background for group therapy with adolescent sex offenders and point out the characteristics of group rape. In addition, we describe the uniqueness of working in a prison as opposed to working in the community or other settings outside the home. Characteristics of adolescent sex offenders and the group process provide a rationale against the inclusion in the same therapeutic group of two youths who committed a rape together. However, our observations during eight years of clinical experience and research in the prison clarify why it can and should be done.
Elem, Youth in Distress, Tel Aviv, Israel. Etgar_a@netvision.net.il
Talia
T
Etgar
Keren Ganot
KG
Prager
D000293:Adolescent; D003417:Criminal Psychology / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006126:Group Processes; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008297:Male; D010379:Peer Group; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology*; D011615:Psychotherapy, Group / Q000379:methods*; D011902:Rape / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*