1st Edition
Preventing Child Sexual Abuse Evidence, Policy and Practice
268 Pages
by
Willan
268 Pages
by
Willan
272 Pages
by
Willan
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Public policy responses to child sexual abuse are dominated by interventions designed to take effect only after offenders have already begun offending, and after children have already been sexually abused. Comparatively little attention has been given to alternative prevention strategies – particularly to those aimed at preventing sexual abuse before it might otherwise occur. Considerable... Read more
1. Child Sexual Abuse: Definitions, Dimensions and Scope of the Problem 2. Explaining Child Sexual Abuse: A New Integrated Theory 3. Identifying Prevention Targets 4. Developmental Prevention 5. Criminal Justice Interventions 6. Treating Adult and Adolescent Offenders 7. Victim-focused Prevention 8. Situational Prevention 9. Community-focused Approaches 10. Towards a Comprehensive Prevention Strategy
Biography
Stephen Smallbone is Professor of Criminology, and Clinical and Research Program Leader of the Youth Forensic Service at Griffith University.
William Marshall is Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Psychiatry at Queen's University in Canada, and the Director of Rockwood Psychological Services.
Richard Wortley is Director of the Department of Security and Crime Science at University College London.
