In the UK practice guidance on how services/organisations and professionals should respond to, and support individuals and families affected by SSB-A is increasing (see, Hanson, 2024; Sanderson, 2024; Yates and Allardyce, 2023a; King-Hill and Gilsena... Read More about The Sibling Sexual Behaviour and Abuse (SSB-A) Practice Outcomes Framework for services and organisations supporting and responding to sibling sexual behaviour and abuse.
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This is a briefing paper based on UWE-funded research on the development of KPIs in sibling sexual abuse research.
The nature of Trauma Informed Care in the treatment of men convicted of a sexual offence with trauma history (2025)
Journal Article
Individuals who have committed sexual offences are more likely to have experienced trauma or childhood adversity than the general population (Kahn et al., 2020; McMackin et al., 2008). Further, individuals who were convicted of a sexual offence perce... Read More about The nature of Trauma Informed Care in the treatment of men convicted of a sexual offence with trauma history.
The current scoping review examines law enforcement’s understanding of perspectives on and practices regarding the prevention of child sexual exploitation and abuse (in this report, child sexual exploitation and abuse is referred to as “CSEA”). The p... Read More about RESUMEN EJECUTIVO: Intervenciones de las fuerzas del orden para prevenir la explotación y abuso sexual de niñas, niños y adolescentes.
Across landscapes and lifespan: causes and solutions of gender-based violence from survivors of sexual violence against women and girls (VAWG) (2024)
Journal Article
Violence Against Women and Girls in public spaces has become a focus for violence prevention policy since the murder of Sarah Everard but is this how survivors experience VAWG? This study listened to survivors as part of Safer Spaces funded research.... Read More about Across landscapes and lifespan: causes and solutions of gender-based violence from survivors of sexual violence against women and girls (VAWG).
SCOPING REVIEW of international approaches to child sexual abuse and exploitation prevention interventions by law enforcement (2024)
Report
The current scoping review examines law enforcement’s understanding of perspectives on and practices regarding the prevention of child sexual exploitation and abuse (in this report, child sexual exploitation and abuse is referred to as “CSEA”). The p... Read More about SCOPING REVIEW of international approaches to child sexual abuse and exploitation prevention interventions by law enforcement.
This report is based on meeting between Council of Europe and Greece exports on the 12th of September 2024 at the General Secretariat for anti-Crime Police, Ministry of Civil Protection in Athens. The meeting was to discuss the current approach by th... Read More about Expert report on meeting with Greek representatives on the assessment, management and reintegration of persons accused or convicted of sexual offences.
Guidance for safe and effective perpetrator programmes: Article 16 of the Istanbul Convention (2024)
Report
Programmes for perpetrators are an important element of preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence. They help to ensure that perpetrators take responsibility for their acts of violence and, ultimately, do not re-offend. The... Read More about Guidance for safe and effective perpetrator programmes: Article 16 of the Istanbul Convention.
Understanding, defining, engaging and evaluating secondary child sexual abuse prevention interventions (2024)
Report
The first 2PS (Prevent & protect through support) Knowledge Transfer Workshop (KTW) was held with stakeholders on 22nd January 2024 at UWE in Bristol bringing together professionals, practitioners, academics, and policy makers from acro... Read More about Understanding, defining, engaging and evaluating secondary child sexual abuse prevention interventions.
Developing a framework for the prevention of sibling sexual behaviour (2024)
Journal Article
Background: Sibling sexual behaviour (SSB) is an existing, but poorly defined, area of professional practice and an emerging research area. Much of the research conversations are focused on defining the issue and thinking about the treatment and mana... Read More about Developing a framework for the prevention of sibling sexual behaviour.
Sibling sexual behaviour policy brief (2024)
Report
Reviewing the evidence on sibling sexual behaviour: Impact on research, policy and practice (2024)
Journal Article
This paper reviews recent research into sibling sexual behaviour (SSB). This is an emerging professional and community issue that binds together a limited evidence base across research, practice and policy in psychology, criminology, politics, social... Read More about Reviewing the evidence on sibling sexual behaviour: Impact on research, policy and practice.
Lessons learnt from a campus climate survey at a post-1992 UK university (2023)
Journal Article
Issues, challenges and opportunities for trauma-informed practice (2023)
Preprint / Working Paper
This report was kindly produced by Dr Sarah Senker, Dr Anne Eason, Dr Chris Pawson and Professor Kieran McCartan, building upon previous Academic Insights papers and highlighting some of the key issues, challenges and opportunities for trauma-informe... Read More about Issues, challenges and opportunities for trauma-informed practice.
Understating the epidemiological criminology approach and how it relates to preventing sexual abuse (2023)
Book Chapter
This chapter will discuss the current literature on Epidemiological Criminology (EpiCrim) and why it is important in shaping the way that professionals frame preventing and responding to sexual abuse and sexual exploitation. An EpiCrim approach combi... Read More about Understating the epidemiological criminology approach and how it relates to preventing sexual abuse.
Where next for EpiCrim approaches to understanding, responding to and preventing sexual abuse (2023)
Book Chapter
This chapter concludes the book, by drawing the different chapters together to help the reader understand the overall picture of EpiCrim approaches to sexual abuse. The chapter argues that EpiCrim offers a clear and concise approach in responding to... Read More about Where next for EpiCrim approaches to understanding, responding to and preventing sexual abuse.
This edited collection draws together and contextualises research on the Epidemiological Criminology (EpiCrim) approaches to sexual abuse carried out by the University of West England (UWE), Bristol. EpiCrim sees crime and offending behaviour, includ... Read More about Developing and Implementing a Public Health and Criminological Approach to Tackling Sexual Abuse: Prevention, Treatment and Integration.
Sekundärprävention der Nutzung von Kindesmissbrauchsabbildungen im Internet: Ein internationaler Überblicksversuch (2023)
Journal Article
Prevention of the consumption of online child sexual exploitation material presents society with ahost of new challenges and is apriority of the European Union (EU). Alongside the identification and prosecution of individuals who use child sexual exp... Read More about Sekundärprävention der Nutzung von Kindesmissbrauchsabbildungen im Internet: Ein internationaler Überblicksversuch.
Technical considerations for the developments of (child) sex offender registries (2023)
Report
The aim of this document is NOT to support or proscribe the use of a sex offender registry, but rather it is to suggest points of consideration for countries contemplating developing or reviewing their own registry. The development, rollout, and main... Read More about Technical considerations for the developments of (child) sex offender registries.
Restorative justice in cases of sexual violence: Current and future directions in the UK (2023)
Journal Article
Restorative justice seeks to repair the harm caused by crime by bringing together victims, offenders, and affected parties in a facilitated dialogue. Restorative justice is often viewed negatively in relation to cases of sexual violence, due to fears... Read More about Restorative justice in cases of sexual violence: Current and future directions in the UK.