Children and young people accused of child sexual abuse: A study within a community

Taylor, John F. A.

doi:10.1080/1355260031000149154

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“…This is consistent with other studies who have reported high reoffense rates for nonsexual crimes (Elliot, 1994;Kahn & Chambers, 1991;Sipe, Jensen, & Everett, 1998;Taylor, 2003; Weinrott, 1996). The overall reconviction rate for the sample of sexual offenders was lower than that of the violent offender sample.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Cross-Validation of the Risk Matrix 2000 Sexual and Violent Scales

Craig

Beech²,

Browne

2006

J Interpers Violence

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The predictive accuracy of the newly developed actuarial risk measures Risk Matrix 2000 Sexual/Violence (RMS, RMV) were cross validated and compared with two risk assessment measures (SVR-20 and Static-99) in a sample of sexual (n= 85) and nonsex violent (n= 46) offenders. The sexual offense reconviction rate for the sex offender group was 18% at 10 years follow-up, compared with 2% for the violent offenders. Survival analyses revealed the violent offenders were reconvicted at twice the rate compared to sexual offenders. The RMV significantly predicted violent recidivism in the sex and combined sex/violent offender groups. Although the RMS obtained marginal accuracy in predicting sexual reconviction in the sex offender group, none of the scales significantly predicted sexual reconviction. An item analysis revealed four factors not included in the risk scales that were significantly correlated with sexual and violent reconviction. Combining these factors with Static-99, RMV, and RMS increased the accuracy in predicting sexual reconviction.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 92%

Cross-Validation of the Risk Matrix 2000 Sexual and Violent Scales

Craig

Beech²,

Browne

2006

J Interpers Violence

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“…Of the young people responding, 13 were male and one was female. This reflects the overwhelmingly male nature of adolescent sexual aggression, which is noted in many other studies (for example, Taylor, 2003). In contrast, eight of the nine completed questionnaires from parents were from women, and in the ninth case a mother and father had filled in the questionnaire together.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 86%

Young People who have Sexually Abused: What do they (and their parents) want from Professionals?

Hackett

Masson

2006

Children & Society

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This article presents the findings of a small scale qualitative study of user perspectives in the adolescent sexual aggression field. Twenty four service users who had received intervention from nine different specialist providers completed a structured questionnaire about their experiences of professional involvement. Both young people who had sexually abused and parents identified the kinds of professional intervention which they found useful, as well as practices that they experienced as unhelpful. Young people and their families alike were found to value supportive interventions which gave them an opportunity to gain insight into the nature of sexual abuse as well to address their own feelings about their problems. Copyright # 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. IntroductionUser perspectives are currently seen as a central feature of service planning and evaluation across a whole range of health and social care systems (Molyneux and Irvine, 2004; NIMHE, 2003; Barnes and others, 2000;Kemshall and Littlechild, 2000;Manthorpe, 2000). User movements have developed in response to diverse groups, for example, looked after children, survivors of the mental health system and disabled people (see, for example, the 'Shaping Our Lives User Network' at http://www.shapingourlives.org.uk/). Such user movements have been influential in bringing about changes to professional systems and have forced the issue of user rights directly onto the agenda of policy makers and government.However, in contrast to the general momentum being generated on this issue in many areas, user perspectives in the sex offender field are under-developed and there is little published research which has offered the views of service users in any systematic way. Moreover, despite a burgeoning international literature base relating to adolescent sexual aggression, in our search for relevant literature we could find no published study focusing on young people's views about the professional responses they have received in the wake of their sexually abusive behaviours. There are a number of factors that might have contributed to this glaring deficit in the literature. Giving users a voice in a meaningful way requires professionals to hand back some of their power to users (Braye and Preston Shoot, 2001). It involves listening to users' accounts of their experiences, valuing their opinions and being open to challenge and criticism. It also demands that professionals take responsibility for changing practices which are seen by users as stigmatising and oppressive. By contrast, the sexual aggression field has traditionally been built on an assumption that sexual offenders are at best unreliable in relation to their self report and are often manipulative, devious and oppressive in their dealings with others. From this professional standpoint, the empowerment of users is scarcely considered, rather the professional task is to take back power from abusers and to introduce controls upon them in order to reduce the risk that they will go on to perpetrate further abuse. ...

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“…It must be borne in mind that such terminology implies that children are similar to adult sex offenders and engage in sexual activities for gratification of their own sexual needs. Most young children who display SIB do not follow these patterns (Dey & Print, 1998), do not normally engage in such behaviours for own sexual gratification (Cavanagh-Johnson & Doonan, 2005) or grow up to become juvenile or adult sex offenders (Carpentier, Silovsky & Chaffin, 2006;Taylor, 2003). By using terminology derived from adults, the potential threat such children pose to society may be overemphasized, increasing demands for protection from such children.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 96%

“Normal” and “inappropriate” childhood sexual behaviours: Findings from a Delphi study of professionals in the United Kingdom

Vosmer

Hackett

Callanan³

2009

Journal of Sexual Aggression

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This paper presents the results of a three-stage Delphi study examining the current level of consensus among 24 professionals in the United Kingdom regarding definitions of and distinctions between normal, inappropriate and sexually abusive behaviours in children under 10 years, as well as factors influencing their views. Although firm conclusions cannot be drawn, findings indicate high consensus that children should not be called ''sex offenders/abusers'' and that behaviours which use force or resemble adult sexual behaviours are concerning. Watching pornography was rated similarly. A high consensus regarding acceptable sexual behaviours was obtained on a couple of items. Divergent views existed regarding various sexual behaviours, and no consensus was reached on what terminology should be used. Professionals agreed that their views were influenced to some extent by professional and personal experiences, and values. Implications for clinical work and research are discussed.

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Children and young people accused of child sexual abuse: A study within a community

Cited by 45 publications

References 25 publications

Cross-Validation of the Risk Matrix 2000 Sexual and Violent Scales

Cross-Validation of the Risk Matrix 2000 Sexual and Violent Scales

Young People who have Sexually Abused: What do they (and their parents) want from Professionals?

“Normal” and “inappropriate” childhood sexual behaviours: Findings from a Delphi study of professionals in the United Kingdom

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