David S. Prescott, LICSW

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updated February 2012

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  • Yates, P.M., & Prescott, D.S. Redefining primary human goods: Applying the Good Lives model to clinical practice. NOTA News, 68, December 2011.
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  • Prescott, D.S. (2011). Meaningful engagement of adolescents in change. In M.C. Calder (Ed.), Contemporary practice with young people who sexually abuse (pp. 92-101). Holyoke, MA: NEARI Press. 
     
  • Prescott, D.S. Book Review: Ancient Ways: Indigenous Healing Innovations for the 21st Century by Geral Blanchard, The ATSA Forum Newsletter, Fall 2011.
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  • Prescott, D.S. Book Review: Intellectual Disability and Problems in Sexual Behaviour Assessment, Treatment, and Promotion of Healthy Sexuality, by Robin J. Wilson, Ph.D., ABPP, and Michele Burns, B.Sc., The ATSA Forum newsletter, Fall 2011.
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  • Prescott, D.S. & Wilson, R.J. (2011). Paradoxical and double-bind communication in treatment for persons who sexually offend. Journal of Sexual Aggression.
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  • Prescott, D.S. Motivational Interviewing in the Treatment of Sexual Abusers: An introduction. The ATSA Forum Newsletter, Summer 2011. 
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  • Prescott, D.S., & Porter, J. (2011). Motivational interviewing in the treatment of sexual offenders. In D.P. Boer, R. Eher, L.E. Craig, M.H. Miner, & F Pfäfflin (Eds.), International perspectives on the assessment and treatment of sexual offenders (pp. 373-396). Wiley-Blackwell: Chichester, West Sussex, UK.
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  • Prescott, D.S. Creating Willing Partners: Meaningful Engagement of Offenders in Change. The ATSA Forum Newsletter, Winter 2011. 
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  •  Prescott, D.S., Plummer, C., & Davis, G. (2010). Recognition, response, and resolution: Historical responses to rape and child molestation. In K.L. Kaufman, (Ed.), The prevention of sexual violence: A practitioner's sourcebook (pp. 1-18). Holyoke, MA: NEARI Press.
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  • Sawyer, S. & Prescott, D.S. (2010). Boundaries and dual relationships. Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, doi:10.1177/1079063210381411.
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  • Prescott, D.S. Book Review: Evicting the Perpetrator: A Male Survivor’s Guide for Recovery from Childhood Sexual Abuse, by Ken Singer. The ATSA Forum Newsletter, Fall 2010. 
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  • Prescott, D.S., & Levenson, J.S. To Treat or Not to Treat... What are the Questions?
    Considering the Effectiveness of Sexual Offender Treatment. The ATSA Forum Newsletter, Summer 2009. 
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  • Levenson, J.S., Prescott, D.S., & D’Amora, D. (2009, January). Sex offender treatment: Consumer satisfaction and engagement in therapy. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology, XX, XX-XX.
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  • Levenson, J.S. & Prescott, D.S. (2009). The treatment experiences of civilly committed sex offenders: A consumer satisfaction survey. Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment, 21, 6-20.
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  • Prescott, D.S. A Group For Integrating Treatment Lessons Into Daily Life. The ATSA Forum Newsletter, Fall 2008.
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  • Prescott, D.S. The Problem with Punishing Young People: Causes for Concern and Hope. The ATSA Forum Newsletter, Summer 2008.
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  • Prescott, D.S. & Levenson, J. Youth who have sexually abused: Registration, recidivism, and risk. The ATSA Forum, Spring 2007.
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  • Prescott, D.S. Book Review: The Self-Regulation Model of the Offense and Relapse Process: A Manual Volume 2: Treatment, by Tony Ward, Pamela M. Yates, and Carmen A. Long. The ATSA Forum Newsletter, Winter 2007.
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  • Prescott, D.S. . Helping High-Risk Sexual Offenders Get Back On Track: Incorporating MI Principles in a Group Setting. MINT Bulletin,Volume 13, Issue 3, February 2007.
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  • Prescott, D.S. Book Review: Theories of Sex Offending, by Tony Ward, Devon L.L. Polaschek, and Anthony R. Beech .The ATSA Forum Newsletter, Summer 2006. < Read review >

  • Prescott, D.S. Book Reviews: Treating Sex Offenders: An Introduction to Sex Offender Treatment Programmes, by Sarah Brown and Offending Identities: Sex Offenders’ Perspectives on their Management and Treatment, by Kirsty Hudson. ATSA Forum Newsletter, Winter 2006.
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  • Prescott, D.S. Risk Assessment of adolescents who have sexually abused: Practice, policy, language, and ourselves. Offender Programs Report, 5. 2006


  • The current state of adolescent risk assessment. (2005). In B. Schwartz (Ed.) The sex offender: Issues in assessment, treatment, and supervision of adult and juvenile populations. (pp. 17-1 – 17-15). Kingston, NJ: Civic Research Institute.
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  • Ethical issues in sex offender assessments. Letourneau, E.J., & Prescott, D.S. (2005). In S.W. Cooper, A.P. Giardano, V.I. Vieth, & N.D. Kellogg (Eds.). Medical and legal aspects of child sexual exploitation: A comprehensive review of child pornography, child prostitution, and internet crimes against children (pp. 277- 296. St. Louis, MO: G.W. Medical Publishing.
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  • Current perspectives: Working with sexually abusive youth. Prescott, D.S. & Longo, R.E. (2005) Article for the newsletter of the California Coalition of Sex Offender Professionals.

  • Prescott, D.S. Book Review: The Risk for Sexual Violence Protocol (RSVP), by Stephen D. Hart, P. Randall Kropp, & D. Richard Laws, with Jessica Klaver, Caroline Logan, and Kelly A. Watt, The ATSA Forum, Fall 2004.
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  • Emerging strategies for risk assessment of sexually abusive youth: Theory, controversy, and practice. In R. Geffner, K. Crumpton Franey, T. Geffner Arnold, R. Ralconer (Eds). Identifying and treating youth who sexually offend: Current approaches, techniques, and research (pp. 83-105). Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press (2004) . < Read abstract >


  • Collaborative treatment for sexual behavior problems in an adolescent residential center. (2002). In M.H. Miner & E. Colema (Ed.’s), Sex offender treatment: Accomplishments, challenges, and future directions (pp. 43-58). Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press.

  • Books: 2003 in review. Published in ATSA Forum newsletter, Winter 2004.
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  • Review of Hart, S.D., Kropp, P.R. & Laws, D.R. (2003). The Risk for Sexual Violence Protocol (RSVP). Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada: The Mental Health, Law, and Policy Institute of Simon Fraser University. Review published in ATSA Forum newsletter, Autumn 2004.
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  • Review of Righthand, S., Kerr, B., & Drach, K. (2003). Child maltreatment risk assessments: An evaluation guide. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Maltreatment and Trauma Press. Review published in ATSA Forum newsletter, Winter 2004.
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  • Review of Anderson, K.E. & Smith, P.M. (2003). Denial and discovery: Behind the scenes of psychosexual assessments. Victoria, BC, Canada: Trafford. Review published in ATSA Forum newsletter, Winter 2004.
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  • Review of Flora, R. (2003). How to work with sex offenders. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press. Review published in ATSA Forum newsletter, Winter 2004.
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  • Review of Ward, T., Laws, D.R., & Hudson, S.M. (2002). Sexual Deviance: Issues and Controversies. Thousand Oaks, Ca: Sage Publications.
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  • Review of Bergman, J. & Hewish, S. (2002). Challenging Experience. Oklahoma City: Wood’N’Barnes. Review published in ATSA Forum newsletter, Winter 2004.
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  • Review of Fernandez, Y., Ed. (2002). In Their Shoes: Examining Empathy and its Place in the Treatment of Offenders. Oklahoma City: Wood’N’Barnes. Review published in ATSA Forum newsletter, Winter 2004.
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  • Review of Schladale, J. (2003). The T.O.P. Workbook. Freeport, ME: Author. Review published in ATSA Forum newsletter, Spring, 2003.
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  • “The History of ATSA”. Published in ATSA Forum newsletter, Winter, 2002.

  • Review of Doren, D. (2002). Evaluating Sex Offenders: A Manual for Civil Commitments and Beyond. Thousand Oaks, Ca: Sage Publications. Review published in ATSA Forum newsletter, Winter, 2002.
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  • Review of Blasingame, G. (2001). Developmentally Delayed Persons with Sexual Behavior Problems. Oklahoma City, OK: Wood’N’Barnes. Review published in ATSA Forum newsletter, Spring, 2002.
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  • Collaborative Treatment for Sexual Behavior Problems in an Adolescent Residential Center.(2001). In M. Miner & Eli Coleman, (Eds). Sex offender treatment: Accomplishments, challenges, and future directions (pp. 43-58). Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press.
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  • Review of Gacono, C.G., Ed. (2000). The Clinical and Forensic Assessment of Psychopathy. Thousand Oaks, Ca: Sage Publications. Review published in ATSA Forum newsletter, Spring 2001.
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  • Review of “Sex Offender Risk Assessment” videotape training series. Madison, WI: Sinclair Seminars. Review published in ATSA Forum newsletter, Summer, 2000.
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  • Overcoming isolation in families where sexual abuse has occurred. Parentalk, a publication of Stop It Now!, Haydenville, MA Spring 2002.

  • Parenting youth who have sexually abused. Parentalk, a publication of Stop It Now!, Haydenville, MA, Spring 2000.

Upcoming Projects

  • Adolescent risk assessment. Chapter in preparation for a project to be edited by Martin Calder for Russell House, UK.
David S. Prescott, LICSW – P.O. Box 6021 – Falmouth, ME 04105
Email: DSP@DavidPrescott.net

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