Developing and Implementing a Public Health and Criminological Approach to Tackling Sexual Abuse

Prevention, Treatment and Integration
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-3-031-93633-3
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 297 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 536 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Risk, Crime and Society

This edited collection draws together and contextualises research on the Epidemiological Criminology (EpiCrim) approaches to sexual abuse carried out by the University of West England (UWE), Bristol. EpiCrim sees crime and offending behaviour, including sexual abuse, as a public health issue and advocates that to prevent first time or repeat offending behaviour we have to work in a bespoke way across a number of populations (individual, interpersonal, community, and societal). The book introduces the area of EpiCrim and how it works to address sexual abuse, before examining the UWE based research on the prevention, treatment and community integration of people impacted by sexual abuse. The book discusses policy, practice, theory and research in this area with the authors reviewing, critiquing, synthesising as well as building upon previous/current research, theory and policy.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mccartan, Kieran

Eason, Anne

Senker, Sarah

Addis, Nick

Porter, Cody

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Psychologische Disziplinen Kriminalpsychologie, Forensische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme Kommunal-, Regional-, und Landespolitik
• Medizin | Veterinärmedizin Medizin | Public Health | Pharmazie | Zahnmedizin Medizin, Gesundheitswesen Public Health, Gesundheitsmanagement, Gesundheitsökonomie, Gesundheitspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Kindesmissbrauch, Sexueller Missbrauch, Häusliche Gewalt
• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Preface().- Part I: Concept, context and evaluation frames.- Chapter 2. Understating an EpiCrim approach and how it relates to preventing sexual abuse (.- Chapter 3. What does multi-agency working mean in the EpiCrim approach to preventing sexual abuse?().- Chapter 4. Developing a solid research base, methodology and data sets for EpiCrim ().- Part II: Prevention.- Chapter 5. Examining the role of online communities in the prevention of child sexual abuse () Chapter 6. Building an Informed workforce to prevent and respond to Violence Against Women and Girls ( & ).- Chapter 7. Understanding disclosure of sexual violence/abuse across different settings and points of intervention ().- Part III: Treatment and rehabilitation.- Chapter 8. The nature of trauma informed practice in the treatment of men convicted of a sexual offence ().- Chapter 9. Getting Started with Trauma-Informed Care: Skills for case conceptualization and “stuck” cases ().- Chapter 10.Developing a trauma informed work force: the role of compassion in treatment and rehabilitation ()- Chapter 11. Keeping practitioners safe: Looking after the health and wellbeing of the professional and compassion fatigue ().- Part IV: Community integration, harm reduction and desistence.- Chapter 12. Restorative Justice as a response to sexual violence ().- Chapter 13. Employability barriers for those with a sexual conviction ().- Part V: Conclusion and future directions.-Chapter 14. Where next for EpiCrim approaches to understanding, responding to and preventing sexual abuse ().

Über Autor(innen)

Kieran McCartan is Professor of Criminology & Health at the University of the West of England, Bristol.

Anne Eason is Associate Director of Policing at the University of the West of England, Bristol.

Sarah Senker is Director of ATD Research & Consultancy and Research Associate in Criminology at the University of the West of England, Bristol.

Nick Addis is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of the West of England, Bristol.

Cody Porter is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of the West of England, Bristol.