1st Edition

Children and Sexual-Based Online Harms A Guide for Professionals

By Catherine Knibbs Copyright 2024
202 Pages
by Routledge

202 Pages
by Routledge

202 Pages
by Routledge

This sensitive guide for carers and professionals working with children and young people explains the serious issues of sexual content and harm that children face online. Covering technologies used by children aged two through to adulthood, it offers clear, evidence-based information about sexual-based online harm, its effects and what adults can do to support children should they see, hear or... Read more

Online Harms and Setting the Scene

Chapter 1 : Communication

Chapter 2 : Online Harms

Chapter 3 : Setting the scene

Chapter 4 : Parenting

Chapter 5 : No sex please, we’re British!

Online Sexual Issues

Chapter 6 : Consent

Chapter 7 : Pornography Viewing in Children and Young People

Chapter 8 : Online Grooming and Exploitation

Chapter 9 : Coerced and Sexually Explicit Content in Children and Young People

Chapter 10 : Child Sexual Abuse and Exploitation Material

Chapter 11 : Revenge-Based Sharing of Intimate Imagery and Abuse

Chapter 12 : Autism, Vulnerabilities and Sexual Issues

Biography

Catherine Knibbs is a clinical and academic researcher, consultant in the fields of cybertrauma and online harms, director of Privacy4 Ltd, and a UKCP-accredited child and adult trauma psychotherapist.

"How can we mobilise our society to protect our children, our future, from a threat and a trauma that is so intimately disturbing that we can hardly name it, in extenso sexual abuse against children ? Cath Knibbs knows too well that there is a strong urgency to act now, and that this type of abuse and the resulting trauma is among the hardest to address properly. It needs courage, straightforwardness, competence to speak up and educate society, parents and professionals. Cath Knibbs has all of that, and this is why we must pay attention."

Jean-Christophe Le Toquin, co-founder, Trust & Safety Forum

 

"Cath Knibbs does not beat around the bush when tackling the complex issue of CSAEM. She is direct and provides great examples to easily understand how the issue is intertwined with other big issues in protecting children in our society. She brings the topic to practitioners that allows them to provide the best assistance to victims and survivors." 

Caroline Humer, Global Protection Expert, HMC Group LLC