THE SIX MONSTER: DISSOCIATION AS PARALLEL PROCESS IN THE RESPONSE TO SEX OFFENDERS.

The article offers an analysis of counter-transferential and public reactions to sex offenders. It explores the tetradic levels of processing that are catalyzed by imbrications of sex and aggression. It discusses the concept of parallel processing to encompass bidirectional and circular influences i...

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Published in:Contemporary Psychoanalysis Vol. 47; no. 4; pp. 497 - 519
Main Author: STEIN, ABBY
Format: Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd Fall2011
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Summary:The article offers an analysis of counter-transferential and public reactions to sex offenders. It explores the tetradic levels of processing that are catalyzed by imbrications of sex and aggression. It discusses the concept of parallel processing to encompass bidirectional and circular influences in interpersonal relationships wherein parallel identifications often drive communal enactments that stimulates misguided social policies regarding sex crimes.