Children as 'risk' : sexual exploitation and abuse by children and young people / Anne-Marie McAlinden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

McAlinden, Anne-Marie, author.

Series:

Cambridge studies in law and society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child sexual abuse--Prevention.

Child sexual abuse.

Child sex offenders.

Child trafficking.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 356 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2018.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

This book critically examines socio-political constructions of risk related to sexual offending behaviour by and among children and young people and charts the rise of harmful sexual or exploitative behaviour among peers, drawing on a range of theoretical frameworks and primary research. Discussion of these behaviours is exhibited against a backdrop of the premature cultural sexualisation of contemporary childhood, which challenges traditional conceptions of childhood, victimhood and gendered sexual identities more broadly. It examines the complexities of peer-based sexual behaviours in a range of settings, including within organisational contexts such as schools and care homes, within families and peer-based relationships, as well as online contexts including sexting and cyberbullying. It draws out the myriad legal, practical and policy challenges of negotiating the boundaries between normal/experimental, risky/problematic and harmful sexual behaviour, and in particular the demarcation between coercion and consent, both for professionals as well as children and young people themselves.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 24 Sep 2018).

Other Format:

Print version:

ISBN:

9781316534847

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.