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.
Etgar
Talia
T
Elem, Youth in Distress, Tel Aviv, Israel. Etgar_a@netvision.net.il
Prager
Keren Ganot
KG
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*