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This collection brings together international contributors from multiple disciplines to discuss the current public, social and governmental understandings and responses to sexual violence. Exploring issues such as how to manage sex offenders, the volume provides recommendations for how to reduce offending and improve community engagement

"Sexual violence is a high-profile, complex and emotive issue which has become central to national and international discourses surrounding risk and risk management, child protection, human rights, criminal justice policy and public protection in modern society. This unique collection brings together a range of international contributors from multiple disciplines to discuss the current public, social and governmental understandings and responses to sexual violence. Exploring a variety of issues including the management of sexual offending and new and adaptive ways of rehabilitating and reintegrating sex offenders, this volume examines sexual violence policy, practice, theory and research across a range of different types of sexual offences. It closely explores the relationship between the state, public and practitioner community to create a rounded, societal view of sexual offending, with recommendations of how to facilitate better community engagement and ultimately reduce (re)offending"--

Intro -- Preface: Perceptions of Sex Offender Risk Management -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- 1: The Historical Evolution of Sex Offender Risk Management -- 1 Introduction: The 'Discovery' of Sexual Offending -- 2 Identifying the 'Dangerous' Sexual Offender -- 3 Extending Surveillance and Regulation -- 3.1 Community Notification -- 3.2 Extension of Community-Based Orders and Civil Prevention Methods -- 3.3 Preventive Sentencing -- 4 Interventions and Prevention -- 4.1 Prevention -- 5 Conclusion -- References -- 2: Public Health, Prevention and Risk Management -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Prevention: A Long History, Different Meanings -- 3 Sexual Abuse as a Public Health Problem -- 4 What Do We Mean by Prevention? -- 5 NOTA's Definition of Sexual Abuse Prevention -- 6 The Role of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) in the Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse -- 6.1 The Need for a Coordinated Response -- 6.2 Together for Childhood: Creating a Partnership to Support Families and Prevent Child Sexual Abuse -- 6.2.1 Service Delivery and Professionals -- 6.2.2 Systems -- 6.2.3 Communities -- 6.2.4 Children and Families -- 6.3 How Can Together for Childhood Prevent Child Sexual Abuse? -- 6.3.1 Creating Safer Environments -- 6.3.2 Adults Taking Action -- 6.3.3 Children Can Speak Out -- 6.3.4 Earlier and More Effective Help if Problems Emerge -- 7 What Makes for Effective Prevention Work? -- 8 What More Do We Need to Know about Prevention? -- 9 The Role of Prevention in Risk Management -- 10 Conclusion: The Road Ahead -- References -- 3: Sexual Harm, Public Education and Risk Management -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Social Construction of Sexual Harm -- 3 Public Attitudes, Social Construction, Crime and Criminal Justice Policy

Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- List of Figures -- 1: Behavioural Crime Linkage and Multi-Agency Working -- Introduction -- The Risks Posed by Serial Sex Offending -- Investigative Risk Assessment -- Preventing the Development of a Series -- Behavioural Crime Linkage (BCL) -- Assumptions of BCL -- BCL in Practice -- Scenario 1 -- Scenario 2 -- Scenario 3 -- The Procedure of Behaviourally Linking Crimes in Practice -- Behaviours -- Empirical Research into BCL with Sexual Offences -- BCL in Relation to Risk and Risk Assessment -- Multi-Agency Working -- Research to Practice -- Next Steps -- Conclusions -- References -- 2: Assessment of Risk to Sexually Reoffend: What Do We Really Know? -- Introduction -- Early Conceptions of Crime and Violence -- Risk Assessment and Management -- Nothing Works and the Principles of Effective Correctional Interventions -- Risk Assessment Methods -- Unstructured Clinical Judgment and "Experts" -- Mechanical Approaches -- Meta-Analysis of Risk Prediction Variables -- The Rise of ARAIs -- Controversies Surrounding Use of ARAIs -- Comprehensive Evaluations -- Sexual Deviance -- Public Policy -- Evaluating Clients with Special Needs -- Female Sex Offender Risk Assessment -- Summary & Conclusions -- References -- 3: Critical Reflections on the Risk-Based Prevention of Sexual Offending by Young People -- Introduction -- The Birth of Risk Assessment-Intervention in the Youth Justice System: Enter Risk Management -- The Growth of Risk Assessment-Intervention in the Youth Justice System: Asset et al. -- The Prime of Risk Assessment-Intervention in the Youth Justice System: The Scaled Approach -- The Decline of Risk Assessment-Intervention in the Youth Justice System: Reductionist Dichotomies -- Simplification: Practical or Invalid? -- Determinism: Developmentalism or Predictive Guesswork?

This book, the first of two volumes edited by McCartan and Kemshall, focusses on perceptions of sexual offenders, and how risk is used by policy makers, stakeholders, academics and practitioners to both construct and respond to unknown and known sex offenders within the contexts of criminal justice, health and social policy. The chapters provide an oversight of contemporary policies, practices and debates within the area to help both professionals and researchers. The collection focuses on emerging areas (public health approaches, prevention, public perceptions of sexual abuse, and social constructionism), as well as more traditional topics (media, preventative and exceptional sentencing, resilience, and work force development). The authors examine public and professional engagement on sex offender management, and the changing socio-political landscape of sexual offender management. A bold and engaging volume, this edited collection will be of great importance to scholars and practitioners interested in perceptions of sexual offending.--

This book, the second of two volumes edited by Kemshall and McCartan, focuses on responses to sexual offending, and how risk is used by policy makers, stakeholders, academics and practitioners to both construct and respond to unknown and known sex offenders within the contexts of criminal justice, health and social policy. The chapters provide an oversight of contemporary policies, practices and debates within the area to help both professionals and researchers. The collection focuses on emerging areas (crime linkage, predictive policing, sexual offending across borders, desistence, and public health approaches), as well as more traditional topics (multi-agency working, risk assessment, sex offender policies, and treatment). The authors examine how professionals can use multi-agency approaches to prevent sexual violence, and assessing the impact of desistance on framing sex offender management. A bold and engaging volume, this edited collection will be of great importance to scholars and practitioners working reframing traditional approaches to sex offender management in a contemporary fashion.--

AbstractThis research emanates from an anti-sexual violence bystander programme delivered at an English university. Fifteen students were identified through purposive and convenience sampling to take part in focus groups. Discussions emerged regarding atypical sexual harassment. There is a gap in the literature exploring sexual harassment outside of the male perpetrator and female victim narrative which this paper contributes to. This paper considers four conversational themes: 'unwanted touching: women to men', 'sexual banter: women to men', 'sexual stereotypes: women and men', and 'developing stronger ethical subjectivity'. This paper recognises most sexual harassment occurs from men to women, and acknowledges criticism of focussing otherwise when resources are limited, noting this risks obscuring the enduring power differentials between the sexes. It contends that exploring a controversial issue, such as male experience of sexual harassment, might help bystander programmes by developing ethical subjectivity in undergraduate students. Exploring sexual behaviour as a spectrum may lead to counter hegemonic discourses to emerge.

Despite the current high-profile concern over paedophiles and paedophilic activity, there is no easily accessible or widely accepted multi-disciplinary definition of paedophilia. Commentators have pointed to a general contemporary misunderstanding surrounding the subject of paedophilia, and to the tensions between strong beliefs and facts in both societal and correctional contexts. We suggest that the current situation — societal, clinical and legal — can be problematic for both offenders and practitioners who are currently charged with, and involved in the risk treatment and/or management of paedophiles. This article attempts to begin to address these issues by looking at conceptions of paedophilia from a multi-disciplinary viewpoint. We examine understandings from clinical and legal sources, and present this analysis in a historical and cultural context. In drawing these divergent conceptions together, we highlight various contradictions and discrepancies. We suggest that these inconsistencies present significant problems in terms of professional engagement with paedophilia and paedophiles, and as a result illustrate the need to engage in more detailed debate regarding what constitutes 'the problem'.

Section 1: Sexual Offending Behaviours -- Chapter 1: The Complexities of Understanding Sexual Grooming Behaviours, Georgia Winters, Sharron Spriggs, & Elizabeth L. Jeglic -- Chapter 2: Understanding Sexual Fantasising: Implications for Forensic Practice and Research, Ross M. Bartels -- Chapter 3: Lethal Outcome in Sexual Assaults: Predicting the Unpredictable?, Eric Beauregard -- Chapter 4: Abuse at the heart of the family: The challenges and complexities of sibling sexual abuse, Peter Yates & Stuart Allardyce -- Section 2: Assessment of People who have Committed a Sexual Offence -- Chapter 5: Using Indirect Measures of Sexual Interest in Forensic Contexts: Past, Present, and Future, Alexander F. Schmidt & Rainer Banse -- Chapter 6: Working with Individuals who have accessed Child Sexual Exploitation Material: Assessment Strategies and Future Developments, Hannah L. Merdian & Derek E. Perkins -- Chapter 7: We Are Not There Yet: Contemporary Challenges for Risk Assessment and Management, Kasia Uzieblo, Tamara de Beuf, Minne De Boeck, & Wineke J. Smid -- Chapter 8: Towards an Integration of Risk Assessment, Case Formulation, and Forensic Neuroscience,Leam A. Craig & Martin Rettenberger -- Section 3: Treatment of People Exhibiting Deviant Sexual Interests and/or Behaviours -- Chapter 9: Future Directions in the Treatment of Sexual Self-Regulation Problems in People Who Have Sexually Offended, Wineke J. Smid -- Chapter 10: Applying RNR Principles to Effectively Treat People Who Have Committed a Sexual Offence, Sandy Jung -- Chapter 11: Prison Climate and Rehabilitating Men with Sexual Convictions, Nicholas Blagden -- Chapter 12: They Need Somebody, and Not Just Anybody: Help-Seeking Behaviour in Minor-Attracted Persons, Kasia Uzieblo & Minne De Boeck -- Chapter 13: How to Thrive as a Provider of Treatment to Those Convicted of Sex Offences, Jo Clarke -- Section 4: Community Engagement and Integration of People Exhibiting Deviant Sexual Interests and/or Behaviours -- Chapter 14: Expanding Interventions to Integrate Men who have Sexually Offended back into the Community: Circles of Support and Accountability in Europe, Kieran F. McCartan, Mechtild Höing, & Riana Taylor -- Chapter 15: Desistance Narratives in Men Who Have Committed Sexual Offences, Lucile de Kruijff & Arjan Blokland -- Chapter 16: Moving Forward in Offender-Oriented Prevention: The Stop it Now! Prevention Project from an International Perspective, Minne De Boeck, Jenny Coleman, Jill Van Dijk, & Donald Findlater -- Section 5: Changing Professional and Policy Directions in the Field of Sexual Abuse -- Chapter 17: The Relevance of Professional Organisations in the Prevention and Treatment of Sexual Violence, Marije Keulen-de Vos, Kasia Uzieblo, Minne De Boeck, Sarah Brown, & Carla Maria Xella -- Chapter 18: Translating the Sexual Abuse Evidence Base into Effective Policy and Practice, Kieran F. McCartan.

Sexual abuse is a global issue and, therefore, responding to and preventing sexual abuse are global challenges. Although we have examples of and evidence for sexual abuse prevention initiatives internationally, these tend to come from a small, select group of countries (i.e., United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Germany, Netherlands, New Zealand, and Australia) and not from a broader global pool. This article will present the qualitative data from an online study (n = 82), covering 17 countries, on professionals' (i.e., people working in the arena of sexual offending from a clinical, criminal justice, policy, research, and/or practice perspective) perceptions sexual abuse prevention in theory, practice, and policy. The article identifies three main themes: (a) professionals' understandings of the prevention of sexual abuse, (b) public understanding of sexual abuse prevention, and (c) governmental attitudes towards, and support of, sexual abuse prevention programs. The article highlights that, although there are similar understandings of sexual abuse prevention internationally, practice is characterised by national differences in the funding of, provision of, and public/policy perceptions of prevention as well as its impact on offending.

ZusammenfassungDie Prävention des Konsums von Missbrauchsabbildungen von Kindern stellt die Gesellschaft vor eine Vielzahl neuer Herausforderungen und ist eine Priorität der Europäischen Union (EU). Neben der Identifizierung und strafrechtlichen Verfolgung von Personen, die Medien sexueller Gewalt an Kindern nutzen, besteht in der EU auch der Wunsch, diese Verbrechen zu verhindern, bevor sie (wieder) geschehen. Da sich in den letzten Jahren die Anzahl der gemeldeten Fälle des Konsums von Missbrauchsabbildungen im Hellfeld immer wieder verdoppelt hat, kommt der Sekundärprävention dabei eine bedeutende Rolle zu. Basierend auf allgemeinen Präventionsmodellen gibt dieser Artikel einen europabezogenen Überblick über ausgewählte sekundäre Präventionsprogramme und Interventionsansätze. Ziel des Artikels ist es, Fachpersonen aus Wissenschaft, Politik und Versorgung im deutschsprachigen Raum über bestehende Präventionsansätze zu informieren und dadurch bei der Gestaltung und Umsetzung maßgeschneiderter Präventionsmaßnahmen zu unterstützen. Einleitend wird auf die aktuellen Klassifikationskriterien der Europäischen Kommission eingegangen, die dem besseren Verständnis von Programmen zur Prävention von sexuellem Missbrauch von Kindern dienen sollen. Im Folgenden wird 1) auf Ansätze der sekundären Prävention in Form von präventiver Abschreckung durch Strafverfolgungsbehörden eingegangen und die Bedeutung der übergreifenden Zusammenarbeit mit verschiedenen Interessenvertretern wie Technologieunternehmen (z. B. Microsoft) und Nichtregierungsorganisationen (z. B. International Hotline Operators of Europe) aufgezeigt. Hierbei geht es u. a. um die Verhinderung von Tatgelegenheiten und Abschreckung potenzieller Konsumenten von Missbrauchsabbildungen durch die Ermittlungsbehörden. Weiterhin wird 2) anhand von psychosozialen Interventionsanbietern, wie Lucy Faithfull Foundation, Stop it Now! Helpline, Präventionsprojekt PARAPHILE, "Kein Täter werden" und weiteren sekundären Präventionsangeboten in Deutschland, beispielhaft die Zunahme der Heterogenität von Präventionsanbietern aufgezeigt. Abschließend werden bestehende Herausforderungen der Prävention des Konsums von Missbrauchsabbildungen diskutiert.