Many safeguarding practitioners do not specialise in work with sex offenders, but do find themselves working with them and need professional understanding and expertise to do so. This book provides professionals with a clear understanding of current theory and good practice.
Designed as a complement to specialist assessment processes, it covers relevant theory, ranging from current research on to neurobiology and sexual deviance, through to types of offending and offender profiles. It also lays out key areas of good practice, from carrying out assessments, managing risk and making complex decisions through to current legislation and how best to safeguard families.
Taking you from the fundamental principles right through to responding to complex cases, this book is essential reading for all safeguarding professionals.
Author(s): Diane Wills, Andrew Wills
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 208
City: London
A Practical Guide to Working with Sex Offenders
Cover
Of related interest
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
Introduction
1. A Brief History of Sex
Sexual behaviour
Biology
Sex, sexology and sexuality
Sex and gender
2. Sex and Sexuality
Sex, love, power and sexuality
The portrayal of sex
3. Theories of Sexual Offending
Why do they do it?
Treatment
4. People Who Sexually Harm Others
Typologies
Offending against children
Sexual violence
Female perpetrators
Stalking
Mental illness
Harmful sexual behaviour by young people
Older people
5. Theories of Risk
The risk society
Probability
Perceptual bias, likelihood and complexity thinking
Defensive, defensible, precautionary principle and false positives
Prior assumptions and Bayesian inference
6. Assessing the Risk of Those Who Cause Sexual Harm
Organizational defensive and professional defensible decision-making
Using risk assessment ‘tools’
7. Legal Contexts
Prosecutions
Consent
Sentencing
Civil orders
Children and young people
Mental health
8. Approaches and Debates
Treat, cure or control? From theory to practice and from practice to effective outcomes
A brief history of interventions
The rise of evidence-based practice
Control, treat and correct
Cognitive behavioural approaches
Programm-ization
Empathy
Adverse childhood experiences and DESISTANCE
9. The Reflective Professional
Promoting positive change to reduce the risk of future harm
Professional values and personal change
A person-centred approach
Thinking critically about complex behaviours
Looking after ourselves
References
Appendix: List of Sexual Offences (Sexual Offences Act 2003) and Recorded Number of Sexual Offences (2019)
Subject Index
Author Index
