‘Think Global Act Local’: A place based approach to sexual abuse prevention

Susan Rayment-McHugh; Dimity Adams; Richard Wortley; Nick Tilley

doi:10.1186/s40163-015-0035-4

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‘Think Global Act Local’: A place based approach to sexual abuse prevention

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‘Think Global Act Local’: A place based approach to sexual abuse prevention

Susan Rayment-McHugh, Dimity Adams, Richard Wortley and Nick Tilley

Crime Science, Vol.4, 22

2015

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40163-015-0035-4

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Law

child sexual abuse

child sexual abuse prevention

sexual abuse

sexual abuse prevention

prevention

place-based prevention

crime prevention

Child sexual abuse is a global concern and its prevention warrants international attention. However the prevalence of child sexual abuse is not evenly distributed amongst the world's population, with observed rates in some countries, neighbourhoods or local contexts, much higher than in others. Abuse dimensions and dynamics, as well as underlying causal structures and processes, are also likely to differ from location to location within countries. Whilst clinical (individual-level) and epidemiological (whole-population) approaches dominate current research and prevention efforts, given these variations we advocate here for a local place-based approach to sexual abuse prevention that targets specific locations and contexts where these problems become concentrated. Pinpointing key problem contexts (hotspots), opportunity structures and precipitating conditions provides an opportunity to respond at a local neighbourhood or organisational level and target key underlying mechanisms, positioning prevention and intervention resources and efforts where they are most needed. Despite its local focus, this nuanced approach to prevention has the potential to be transferred to a range of locations and contexts around the world, facilitating a more efficient response to sexual abuse.

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Title: ‘Think Global Act Local’: A place based approach to sexual abuse prevention
Authors: Susan Rayment-McHugh (Author) - Griffith University
Dimity Adams (Author) - Griffith University
Richard Wortley (Author) - Griffith University
Nick Tilley (Author) - Griffith University
Publication details: Crime Science, Vol.4, 22; 9
Publisher: SpringerOpen
Date published: 2015
DOI: 10.1186/s40163-015-0035-4
ISSN: 2193-7680
Copyright note: Copyright © Rayment-McHugh et al. 2015. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made.
Organisation Unit: Indigenous and Transcultural Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Law and Society; Sexual Violence Research and Prevention Unit; School of Law and Criminology - Legacy
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99451123802621
Output Type: Journal article

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