E-Books →Preventing Child Sexual Abuse Evidence, Policy and Practice

Stephen Smallbone, William L. Marshall, Richard Wortley, "Preventing Child Sexual Abuse: Evidence, Policy and Practice"
English | 2008 | pages: 267 | ISBN: 1843922223, 1843922215 | PDF | 5,8 mb
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 knowledge has been accumulated on the characteristics, modus operandi and persistence of offenders, the characteristics, circumstances and outcomes for victims, and the physical and social settings in which sexual abuse occurs, but little work has been done to systematically apply this knowledge to prevention.