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Males at Risk: The Other Side of Child Sexual Abuse. F.G. Bolton Jr., L.A. Morris & A.E. MacEachron. Sage Publications. 1989. ISBN: 9780803932371.

Males at Risk is an early, practice-oriented monograph on sexual abuse of boys that does three main things. It documents the incidence and patterns of sexual abuse of boys, synthesising then available studies to show that abuse of males is more common than previously acknowledged and often underreported. The book profiles victims and offenders, noting typical age, family and social vulnerabilities of boys. It also offers concrete assessment and treatment guidelines for clinicians, including attention to safety planning, helping boys speak candidly about the abuse, working with their emotions and emerging sexuality, and using individual, group, and family therapy.

F. G. Bolton Jr. was a U.S. researcher and practitioner in the child welfare and child protection field, active mainly in the 1970s–1980s. He worked with the Arizona Department of Economic Security and published on child maltreatment, adolescent parenthood, foster care, and sexual abuse.

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