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Treatment for boys attracted to younger boys

Intervention occurs only when the youth is suspected or convicted of a sex offense. It may involve the following components:6

CSOM recommends the suspension of the youth’s sentence contingent upon successful completion of treatment. It also notes several controversial areas which "pose special ethical and legal risks for practitioners":

CSOM concludes that clinicians should develop additional consent forms to cover the use of the plethysmograph, aversive conditioning, and unapproved drugs, and that clients should understand that these procedures are voluntary and that they are free to decline them.7

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6. American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 1999*; Center for Sex Offender Management, 1999*. For more details about treatment methods, go to the section on this site about treatment.

7. Center for Sex Offender Management, 1999*. For more details about ethical issues related to treatment, go to the section on this site about ethics.

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