Creating safer organisations : practical steps to prevent the abuse of children by those working with them / / edited by Marcus Erooga

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910809540903321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Malden, Mass., : Wiley, 2012
• ISBN: 1-119-94322-1; 1-119-94305-1; 1-280-58963-9; 9786613619464; 1-119-94321-3
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (212 p.)
• Collana: NSPCC/Wiley series in protecting children : the multi-professional approach
• Classificazione: PSY014000
• Altri autori (Persone): EroogaMarcus <1957->
• Disciplina: 362.76/7
• Soggetti: Child abuse - Prevention
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Creating Safer Organisations: Practical Steps to Prevent the Abuse of Children by Those Working with Them; Contents; About the Contributors; Preface; Creating Safer Organisations - An Overview; 1 Understanding and Responding to People Who Sexually Abuse Children Whilst Employed In Positions of Trust: An Overview of the Relevant Literature - Part One: Offenders; People Who Sexually Abuse Children in Organisational Positions of Trust - a definition; How Prevalent are Sexual Offences Committed Against Children in Professional or Workplace Settings?; Characteristics and Behaviour of People Who Sexually Abuse Children in Organisational Positions of TrustFindings From a Study of Residents in a Specialist Treatment Setting Who had Sexually Abused Children Whilst in Organisational Positions of Trust; Grooming; Use of the Internet; Motivations to Sexually Abuse; Thought Processes and Cognitive Distortions; Female Sexual Abusers; Conclusions; 2 Understanding and Responding to People Who Sexually Abuse Children Whilst Employed In Positions of Trust: An Overview of the Relevant Literature - Part Two: Organisations; Characteristics of 'Vulnerable Organisations' - the Importance of the Organisational Environment in Preventing AbuseCorruption of Care; Models of Authority; Characteristics of Sexual Abuse in Specific Organisational Settings; Motivations to Abuse; Developing Preventative Strategies; 3 Policy and Legislation - Changing Responses to an Emerging Problem; General Organisational Legal Responsibilities; Child care Focussed Policy and Legislation; Department for Children, Schools and Families List 99; Protection of Children Act (PoCA) List; Disqualification Orders and Regulated Positions (replaced by the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act, 2006)Sex Offender Register Notification Arrangements; Criminal Records Checks; Shortcomings of These Arrangements; The Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act, 2006 (England, Wales and Northern Ireland); The Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007; Strengths and Limitations of Legislation and Regulation; What Do Developments in Legislation and Regulation Indicate About Desirable Cultures for Organisational Safeguarding by Government Organisations and Individuals?; A Model; How Should Legislation and Regulation Support the Development of Safer Organisational Cultures?4 Sexual Abuse of Children By People In Organisations: What Offenders Can Teach Us About Protection; Introduction; Methodology; The Sample; Findings; Organisational Facilitating Factors; Individual Facilitating Factors; Discussion; Situational Crime Prevention as a Response; Conclusion and Recommendations; 5 Manipulation Styles of Abusers Who Work With Children; Introduction; Demographic Profile and Offending Patterns of Professional Perpetrators; Psychometric Comparisons with Intra- and Extra-Familial Child Abusers
• Sommario/riassunto: "This is an accessible resource for those seeking to ensure that they have taken all possible steps to safeguard the children and young people they are responsible for"--Provided by publisher.