Policy barriers to child sexual abuse secondary prevention programs in Australia

Kim, Austin; Salter, Michael

doi:10.1080/13552600.2023.2212001

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“…Despite this, traditional CSA prevention efforts have largely focused on individuals: either perpetrators or (potential) victims. Most attention is given to the statutory identification, punishment and treatment of individuals who offend (Austin & Salter, 2023; Finkelhor, 2009; Quadara et al, 2015), also extending to individuals who have perpetrated abuse but are unknown to authorities (Beier et al, 2015), and to those identified as at risk of CSA perpetration (Van Horn et al, 2015). Child‐focused protective behaviour programmes, which teach children to recognise risks, engage in some form of resistance, and report concerns or abuse, are also among the most implemented CSA prevention initiatives across the globe (Russell et al, 2020; Walsh et al, 2015).…”

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Context matters: Conceptualising and operationalising the contextual prevention of child sexual abuse

Rayment‐McHugh,

McKillop,

Adams

et al. 2024

Child Abuse Review

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There is growing recognition of the contextual dynamics of child sexual abuse, with a developing evidence base supporting it, sparking calls to ensure prevention efforts are contextualised. Contextual approaches extend the focus of prevention beyond the individual, to include immediate situations, and the physical and social contexts in which abuse occurs. Although academic and industry support for contextual approaches is gaining momentum, there is no consistent definition of contextual prevention nor operational clarity currently available to inform research, policy and practice. This contributes to a lack of policy guidance and practice consistency; also impeding much needed evaluation research, and likely slowing scholarly and practice uptake. In this article, we address this important gap. Based on a critical review of relevant literature, we propose a conceptual definition of contextual prevention and its operationalisation and provide a framework and guidance for policymakers and practitioners tasked with protecting children from child sexual abuse.

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Context matters: Conceptualising and operationalising the contextual prevention of child sexual abuse

Rayment‐McHugh,

McKillop,

Adams

et al. 2024

Child Abuse Review

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A Review of Academic Use of the Term “Minor Attracted Persons”

Farmer,

Salter,

Woodlock

2024

Trauma, Violence, & Abuse

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Although it originated within online pro-pedophile groups, the term “minor attracted person” (MAPs) has been adopted by some academic researchers as a neutral and non-stigmatizing alternative to the term “pedophile.” The transferral of this term from pedophile advocates to academic scholarship has been highly controversial. Claims that the use of the term “minor attracted people” normalizes or endorses pedophilia deserve closer scrutiny. This paper is based on a rapid evidence review of all peer-reviewed papers between 2015 and 2023 that used variants of the term “minor attracted” in their title and/or abstract. After screening, 30 studies were identified for review. Our analysis took a thematic approach to understanding the construction and use of the term MAPs in this scholarship. The analysis found that the term MAPs was operationalized in different and contradictory ways, however, the literature broadly agreed that MAPs constitute an oppressed sexual minority who are subject to undue stigmatization and discrimination. We point to the similarities between this sympathetic framing of MAPs and the political goals of the pro-pedophile advocacy groups that created the term MAPs, and from which many MAPs studies recruit their research participants. The review concludes that, in the absence of adequate self-reflexivity and awareness of bias, academic collaborations with pro-pedophile groups can produce work that minimizes the risk and harm of child sexual abuse and has the potential to delegitimize child sexual abuse prevention and treatment efforts.

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Policy barriers to child sexual abuse secondary prevention programs in Australia

Cited by 2 publications

References 23 publications

Context matters: Conceptualising and operationalising the contextual prevention of child sexual abuse

Context matters: Conceptualising and operationalising the contextual prevention of child sexual abuse

A Review of Academic Use of the Term “Minor Attracted Persons”

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