Protecting Children and Adults From Abuse After Savile : What Organisations and Institutions Need to Do

Presenting a detailed and coherent analysis, exploring the key aspects of working with children and young people with sexually harmful behaviours, this revised and expanded volume includes fresh and updated chapters, which address context and systems issues, assessment and planning, as well as interventions and practitioner issues. The major topics covered include: policy, law, organizational contexts and service provision in the UK developing a comprehensive inter-agency system of response the management of sexual behaviour problems in schools and in placements assessment issues and resilience based approaches the abuse of information technologies such as mobile phones and the Internet methods of intervention with children and young people and their families unconscious processes in therapeutic work and practitioner support. Written by well-respected contributors in this field and in an accessible manner, this text will be a valuable resource to a number of readers, including students, experienced professionals at front-line and managerial levels, and academics with an interest in this area of work. The high profile reporting of child sexual abuse carried out by Jimmy Savile over decades has had far reaching-consequences, raising public awareness and concern, yet we continue to uncover new cases of institutional abuse which have been taking place under the radar for years. This book distils the learning from 80 public inquiries relating to Savile as well as related cases of institutional abuse and analyses the key findings. It examines what we now know about offending within organisations and institutions, and how organisational failures can enable abusers. Each chapter also outlines solutions, offering perspectives for individuals and organisations on what practical action they can take to minimise risk in the settings in which they work. The book includes chapters specifically dedicated to the NHS, sports organisations and schools, and is necessary reading for professionals with responsibility for safeguarding in any setting. Topics covered include: policy, law, organisational contexts and service provision in the UK; developing a comprehensive inter-agency system of response; the management of sexual behaviour problems in schools and in placements; assessment issues and resilience based approaches; the abuse of information technologies such as mobile phones and the Internet; methods of intervention with children and young people and their families; unconscious processes in therapeutic work and practitioner support." This accessible text presents key research findings about young sexual abusers and up-to-date models of policy and practice. Chapters cover issues such as policy and service development, particularly in the context of the 1997 Sex Offenders Act and the 1998 Crime and Disorder Act; sexually aggressive children (those under 10 years) and female adolescent sexual abusers; evaluating treatment of outcomes in relation to young abusers, and issues around empowered and empowering practice. "Children and Young People Who Sexually Abuse Others provides a detailed and coherent account and analysis of the current state of research, policy and practice in relation to this service user group, providing an invaluable resource for those new to the field, as well as for those with more experience. This latest edition - which includes both new and revised chapters - addresses context and systems issues, assessment and planning, interventions and practitioner issues "Written in a rigorous and accessible manner, Children and Young People Who Sexually Abuse Other's addresses key aspects of working with children and young people with sexually harmful behaviours. It will be useful to a wide audience, including students, experienced professionals at front-line and managerial levels, and academics with an interest in this area of work. Book jacket."--Jacket Written for professionals in safeguarding settings, this book examines what we know about Jimmy Savile's sexual abuse of hundreds of children and vulnerable people over a period of decades. It examines how he got away with it, the impact of the case, and what can be learned by organisations to prevent such abuses from taking place again.