| Summary: | The purpose of this study was to develop an initial ethnographic account of the treatment experience of intrafamily child sexual abusers from the perspective of the perpetrator, a significant other of the perpetrator, and the perpetrator's individual therapist at Broadlawns Medical Center in Des Moines, Iowa;The ethnographer interviewed six sex offenders, six significant others, and four individual therapists. The interviews were analyzed using domain analysis outlined in Spradley's (1979) Developmental Research Sequence;Six domains of meaning were discussed. The four imposed domains were: (1) Changes In The Perpetrator, (2) Helpful Aspects Of The Broadlawns Treatment Program, (3) Unhelpful Aspects Of Broadlawns, and (4) Suggestions Regarding What Could Be More Helpful In The Treatment Program. Two emergent domains were: (1) Factors That Contributed To The Offenders' Choices To Abuse Sexually, and (2) Impact Of Sexual Perpetration On Significant Others;Results also include similarities and differences in the responses of each offender, his individual therapist and his significant other. Findings in this study were compared with those of other researchers of sex offender treatment programs and with prevailing theories of sex offender dynamics. Clinical implications and theoretical notions are presented
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