Typically, a sense of shame becomes deeply rooted in the soul and psyche of those sexually abused as children. It is a toxic residue that is completely misplaced because it belongs to the perpetrator. Like a cancer, inappropriate shame can be undetected, slowly poisoning the individual from the inside, until one day it surfaces and can be hidden no more. Author John Glanville, a criminal psychologist, has worked with sexual offenders and their victims for more than a decade. His therapeutic "style"-confronting and honest-is reflected in his writing. In Healing the Shamed, Glanville presents...