Cultural Responsivity

Sexual Aggression and Ethnicity
Book 2
ISBN: 978-1-394-23275-8
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Inc

Buch, Englisch, 192 Seiten

Culturally responsive treatment frameworks for sexual violence across ethnic communities

Standard treatment models for sexual aggression often fail to account for cultural and ethnic contexts that shape both victimization and intervention. Cultural Responsivity, Sexual Aggression and Ethnicity assembles contributors who examine culturally responsive approaches to treating sexual violence within specific communities, including Black, Indigenous, and Asian populations. Each chapter grounds its analysis in the distinct historical and sociocultural factors relevant to the community it addresses.

This edited volume provides community-specific treatment frameworks that account for culturally distinct experiences of sexual violence. Contributors contextualize aggression patterns within each population's social dynamics, offering clinicians concrete guidance for adapting interventions. Chapters address sexual violence in Black communities, Indigenous communities, and Asian communities, delivering targeted strategies rather than generalized approaches that overlook critical cultural variables.

The book also covers: - Cultural contextualization of sexual aggression among Asian men, examining how cultural norms and social expectations shape patterns of offending behavior
- Culturally responsive treatment models for Indigenous communities that integrate traditional healing practices alongside evidence-based clinical intervention strategies
- Analysis of sexual violence within Black communities, addressing historical trauma, systemic inequities, and their influence on treatment engagement
- Frameworks for clinicians to adapt existing treatment protocols to the specific cultural contexts of diverse client populations they serve
- Examination of how ethnocultural identity intersects with risk factors, protective factors, and treatment responsivity in sexual aggression cases

Clinicians, forensic psychologists, social workers, and researchers working in sexual violence treatment and prevention will find this volume directly applicable to their practice. By providing community-specific frameworks rather than one-size-fits-all models, the book equips practitioners to deliver interventions that account for the cultural realities of the populations they serve.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Dickie, Ida

Leguízamo, Alejandro

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Ida Dickie is the CEO of Transformative Justice Mental Health Clinic and a professor of forensic psychology with over two decades of clinical experience in forensic practice and teaching. Her research focuses on violence reduction, including sexual aggression, cultural responsiveness, and treatment outcomes. She has published extensively and contributed to national policy discussions on culturally informed interventions and program development.

Dr. Alejandro Leguízamo is a Professor of Psychology at Roger Williams University in Rhode Island and a practicing Clinical (Forensic) Psychologist. His research interests center on culture and sexual aggression and his practice on risk assessment of men being considered for civil commitment. He is a former Clinical Director of the SOTP at the Massachusetts Treatment Center, where he also provided treatment to Spanish-speaking inmates and civilly committed men.