"Grooming" and the sexual abuse of children : institutional, Internet, and familial dimensions / Anne-Marie McAlinden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McAlinden, Anne-Marie, author.

Series:

Clarendon studies in criminology.

Clarendon Studies in Criminology

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child sexual abuse--Great Britain.

Child sexual abuse.

Child sexual abuse--Ireland.

Online sexual predators--Great Britain.

Online sexual predators.

Online sexual predators--Ireland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (685 p.)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Grooming' and the Sexual Abuse of Children: Institutional, Internet and Familial Dimensions critically examines the official and popular discourses on grooming, predominantly framed within the context of online sexual exploitation and abuse committed by strangers, and institutional child abuse committed by those in positions of trust.Set against the broader theoretical framework of risk, security and governance, this book argues that due to the difficulties of drawing clear boundaries between innocuous and harmful motivations towards children, pre-emptive risk-based criminal law and policy are

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Acknowledgements; Contents; Part I The Theoretical Context; 1. Introduction; Public and Official Discourses on Grooming; Contextualizing the Debates; Towards a New Definition of 'Grooming'; Background to the Primary Research; Recurrent Themes; Structure of the Book; 2. The Nature and Extent of Sexual Grooming; Lack of Settled Meaning; An Abuse of Trust; Typologies of Grooming; The Extent of Grooming; Conclusion; 3. Legislative and Policy Frameworks on Sex Offender Risk Management; Risk, Regulation, and Preventive Governance

An Overview of Legal Systems and TraditionsExplaining the Convergence of Penal Policies on Sex Offending; Key Developments in Sex Offender Risk Management; Conclusion; Part II Grooming Processes and Preventive Policies and Procedures; 4. The Grooming of Children, Families, and Communities; Locating Grooming in the Cycle of Sexual Offending; Self-grooming; Child Grooming; Familial and Societal Grooming; Primary Research: The Grooming Process; Conclusion; 5. 'Institutional Grooming' and Abuse; Public Inquiries and Official Reviews; Sexual Offending in the Institutional Context

Institutional Grooming and Child Sexual Exploitation within SportInstitutional Grooming within the Catholic Church; Primary Research: Institutional Grooming and Abuse; Conclusion; 6. Legislative and Policy Responses to Grooming; Pre-employment Vetting and Barring Schemes in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland; Meeting a Child Following Sexual Grooming etc/Certain Preliminary Contact/for the Purpose of Sexual Exploitation; Transnational Mechanisms and Protocols; Primary Research: Legislative and Policy Responses to Grooming; Conclusion

Part III Future Policy Responses to Child Sexual Abuse7. The Way Ahead: Prevention and Protection; Public Health Approaches: Addressing Sex Offender Risk; Primary and Secondary Levels of Prevention; Conclusion; 8. Conclusion; Deconstructing Grooming and its Role in Sexual Offending against Children; Implications for Risks-Based Approaches: The Rehabilitation of 'Risk'; Challenges for Public Health Approaches; Appendix 1: Research Methodology; Appendix 2: Interview Schedule; Bibliography; Index; 2; 3; 4; 5; 6; 7; 8; 9; 10; 11; 12; 13; 14; 15; 16; 17; 18; 19; 20; 21; 22; 23; 24; 25; Footnotes

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Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-19-175826-4

1-283-94379-4

0-19-165257-1

0-19-165258-X

OCLC:

826853923