Sex murderers – sexual offenders – sexual victims

By Andreas Marneros

Subject:
Real life sexual crimes are recounted in informative narratives and the therapy possibilities for the offender discussed without losing sight of the victim.

Target audience:
Doctors, therapists, forensic care workers, journalists, interested laymen

Content:

Sexual crimes cause disgust and sometimes also a secret fascination. How could somebody do such a thing!? What should be done with the offender? And how can society protect itself from such barbaric crimes? The author, Andreas Marneros, answers these questions in a book that covers almost the whole spectrum of sexual offences: From sexual abuse to cannibalism and sex murders. In addition he gives us a glimpse into the violent far-right extremist scene and into preventive detention.

The victims of sex crimes are also focussed upon and their often life-long battle with the physical and mental consequences of such crimes. By the use of real accounts the most difficult areas of forensic psychiatry are made clear: Criminal responsibility, usefulness of treatment, victim protection.

What is special about the book is the dissimilarity with which the author confronts this explosive subject, because there is no standard sexual offender. The book´s unique style comes from its mixture of real accounts and information, its emotionality and practicality.

Author:

Prof. Dr. med. Dr. h.c. Andreas Marneros is professor of psychiatry and psychotherapy, and director of the clinic and polyclinic for psychiatry, psychotherapy and psychosomatics at the Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg.

Original title:

"Sexualmörder - Sexualtäter - Sexualopfer"

Psychiatrie-Verlag, Bonn, 400 Pages, bound, German retail price 24.90 EUR
First published in 1997

For further information please contact: Ms Kerstin Zander.