All Outputs (15)

ATSA-2015, Montreal – Conference highlights (2015)
Journal Article
McCartan, K., & Brandt, J. (2015). ATSA-2015, Montreal – Conference highlights

Blog post for Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment blog. The authors discuss the highlights of the 2015 Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers conference.

The construction of community understandings of sexual violence: rethinking public, practitioner and policy discourses (2015)
Journal Article
McCartan, K. F., Kemshall, H., & Tabachnick, J. (2015). The construction of community understandings of sexual violence: rethinking public, practitioner and policy discourses. Journal of Sexual Aggression, 21(1), 100-116. https://doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2014.945976

© 2014 National Organisation for the Treatment of Abusers. Abstract: This article explores current societal framings and understandings of sexual violence, particularly child sexual abuse. The article starts by explaining how societal perceptions of... Read More about The construction of community understandings of sexual violence: rethinking public, practitioner and policy discourses.

The prevention of sexual abuse and violence in the UK (2015)
Journal Article
Brown, J., & McCartan, K. (2015). The prevention of sexual abuse and violence in the UK

Blog post for Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment blog. The authors review developments in the prevention of sexual abuse and violence in the UK over the last four decades and introduce the newly-formed NOTA Prevention Committee.

Scientific inquiry, even with its limitations, should prevail over ideology (2015)
Journal Article
Wilson, R. J., McWhinnie, A., Prescott, D., & McCartan, K. (2015). Scientific inquiry, even with its limitations, should prevail over ideology

Blog post for Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment blog. The authors discuss the theories behind and evidence for the success of CoSA.

Big world, similar issues (2015)
Journal Article
McCartan, K. (2015). Big world, similar issues

Blog post for Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment blog. Kieran McCartan considers issues in sexual harm treatment and prevention common to a number of different countries/societies.

"Dancing through the puddles to eradicate sexual harm" Talking prevention with Cordelia Anderson (2015)
Journal Article
McCartan, K. (2015). "Dancing through the puddles to eradicate sexual harm" Talking prevention with Cordelia Anderson

Blog post for Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment blog. Kieran McCartan interviews Cordelia Anderson on multidisciplinary approaches to sexual harm.

Desistence from sexual offending (2015)
Journal Article
McCartan, K. (2015). Desistence from sexual offending

Blog post for Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment blog. Review of a research symposium in March 2015 at Queens University, Belfast, organised by Shadd Maruna, Anne-Marie McAlinden and Mark Farmer. The seminar focused on desistence fr... Read More about Desistence from sexual offending.

Get it, got it, good? Media interpretation and sexual harm (2015)
Journal Article
McCartan, K. (2015). Get it, got it, good? Media interpretation and sexual harm

Blog post for Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment blog. Kieran McCartan reflects on the importance of the media in changing social perceptions and attitudes towards sexual harm and examines the changing approach of the media to this... Read More about Get it, got it, good? Media interpretation and sexual harm.

NOTA annual conference, Dublin 2015 (2015)
Journal Article
McCartan, K. (2015). NOTA annual conference, Dublin 2015

Blog post for Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment blog. A review of the NOTA annual conference 2015, which had a theme of "Sexual Offending Research and Practice: sharing our knowledge to make a difference".

Public engagement with ATSA & NOTA (2015)
Journal Article
McCartan, K. (2015). Public engagement with ATSA & NOTA

Blog post for Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment blog. The blog has previously discussed the importance of engaging with the public on sexual harm and the potential outcomes (Public Engagement and Changing Attitudes about Sexual Abu... Read More about Public engagement with ATSA & NOTA.

We are not that different after all........ (2015)
Journal Article
McCartan, K. (2015). We are not that different after all.......

Blog post for Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment blog. Kieran McCartan discusses the ways in which perpetrators of sexual harm are similar to each other as well as to other offender groups at a baseline level.

The more things change, the more they stay the same….... or do they? (2015)
Journal Article
McCartan, K. (2015). The more things change, the more they stay the same….... or do they?

Blog post for Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment blog. Kieran McCartan looks at sexual harm education and safeguarding issues from a a policy and public engagement perspective.

Sex offender (re)integration into the community: realities and challenges (2015)
Journal Article
McCartan, K., & Kemshall, H. (2015). Sex offender (re)integration into the community: realities and challenges. Journal of Sexual Aggression, 21(1), 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2014.967606

Introduction to special journal edition, edited by the authors, on community reintegration of sexual offenders.

The "I" in "collaboration" (2015)
Journal Article
McCartan, K., & Prescott, D. (2015). The "I" in "collaboration"

Blog post for Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment blog. The authors outline the importance of collaborative working and consider some of its challenges.

Journal spotlights for 2014 (2015)
Journal Article
McCartan, K., Prescott, D., & Brandt, J. (2015). Journal spotlights for 2014

Blog post for Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment blog. The authors review three stand-out journal articles of 2014.