Journal article
Preventing Youth Sexual Violence and Abuse: Problems and Solutions the Australian Context
Australian Psychologist, Vol.48(1), pp.3-13
2013
Abstract
Young people under 18years of age are responsible for a significant proportion of officially recorded sexual offences worldwide, including Australia. this article we examine the wider problem of youth sexual violence and abuse, and propose solutions for the Australian context. We describe an ecological, field-based clinical forensic practice model developed Queensland, and show how engagement with youth sexual offenders withtheir natural social ecologies has led to the discovery of specific endemic problems that would normally remahidden or beyond the reach of conventional clinical services. Drawing on public health and crime prevention concepts and methods, we present a comprehensive framework for organising prevention strategies and describe how this framework has guided our approach to developing place-based prevention strategies at two sites. We conclude by outlining the changes we see as necessary for forensic psychology practitioners to engage a wider crime prevention agenda. © 2012 The Australian Psychological Society.
Details
- Title
- Preventing Youth Sexual Violence and Abuse: Problems and Solutions the Australian Context
- Authors
- S Smallbone (Author) - Griffith UniversitySusan Rayment-McHugh (Author) - Griffith University
- Publication details
- Australian Psychologist, Vol.48(1), pp.3-13
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
- Date published
- 2013
- DOI
- 10.1111/j.1742-9544.2012.00071.x
- ISSN
- 0005-0067
- 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
- 99451365102621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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