Children and young people who sexually abuse others : current developments and practice responses / edited by Marcus Erooga and Helen Masson ; foreword by Nigel Parton.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Erooga, Marcus, 1957-

Masson, Helen C.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teenage sex offenders--Great Britain.

Teenage sex offenders.

Teenage sex offenders--Rehabilitation--Great Britain.

Teenage child molesters--Great Britain.

Teenage child molesters.

Teenage child molesters--Rehabilitation--Great Britain.

Social work with juvenile delinquents--Great Britain.

Social work with juvenile delinquents.

Social work with sex offenders--Great Britain.

Social work with sex offenders.

Child sexual abuse--Great Britain--Prevention.

Child sexual abuse.

Rehabilitation.

Teenage sex offenders--Rehabilitation.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

xxii, 304 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2006.

Summary:

Children and Young People Who Sexually Abuse Others provides a detailed and coherent account and analysis of the current state of research, policy and practice in relation to this service user group, providing an invaluable resource for those new to the field, as well as for those with more experience. This latest edition - which includes both new and revised chapters - addresses context and systems issues, assessment and planning, interventions and practitioner issues. Topics covered include: policy, law, organisational contexts and service provision in the UK; developing a comprehensive inter-agency system of response; the management of sexual behaviour problems in schools and in placements; assessment issues and resilience based approaches; the abuse of information technologies such as mobile phones and the Internet; methods of intervention with children and young people and their families; unconscious processes in therapeutic work and practitioner support.

Written in a rigorous and accessible manner, Children and Young People Who Sexually Abuse Other's addresses key aspects of working with children and young people with sexually harmful behaviours. It will be useful to a wide audience, including students, experienced professionals at front-line and managerial levels, and academics with an interest in this area of work.

Contents:

Children and young people with sexually harmful or abusive behaviours : underpinning knowledge, principles, approaches and service provision / Marcus Erooga and Helen Masson

Policy, law and organisational contexts in the United Kingdom : ongoing complexity and change / Helen Masson

Building a comprehensive inter-agency assessment and intervention system for young people who sexually harm : the AIM project / Tony Morrison and Julie Henniker

Understanding and managing sexual behaviour problems in school settings / Carol Carson

Assessment issues in relation to young people who have sexually abusive behaviour / Hilary Grant

Placement provision and placement decisions : resources and processes / Nick Bankes

Looking after young people who are at risk for sexually abusive behaviour / Kevin Epps

Towards a resilience-based intervention model for young people with harmful sexual behaviours / Simon Hackett

Young people who sexually abuse : the role of the new technologies / Ethel Quayle and Max Taylor

Individual psychotherapy for young sexual abusers of other children / Eileen Vizard and Judith Usiskin

Working in groups with young men who have sexually abused others / David O'Callaghan, Jeremy Quayle and Bobbie Print

Similarities and differences in working with girls and boys who display sexually harmful behaviour : the journey continues / Jane Scott and Paula Telford

Stop and think : changing sexually aggressive behaviour in young children / Linda Butler and Colin Elliott

Therapeutic work with families of young people who sexually abuse / Joan Cherry and Deirdre O'Shea

Risk prediction, decision making and evaluation of adolescent sexual abusers / Richard Beckett

The personal and professional context to work with children and young people who have sexually abused / Simon Hackett

The responsibility avoidance syndrome : unconscious processes in practitioners' therapeutic work with children and young people who sexually abuse / Nick Bankes.

Notes:

"First edition published in 1999"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [266]-294) and index.

ISBN:

0415354137

0415354129

OCLC:

61704736

Publisher Number:

9780415354134 (pbk.)

9780415354127 (hbk.)

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