Kieran McCartan's Outputs (8)

The impact of COVID-19 on circles of support and accountability (2020)
Report

This research looks to investigate the impact that COVID-19, mainly social distancing and remote working, has had on CoSA provision and providers in Europe, the USA, and Canada and the potential impact of the pandemic on Circle processes moving forwa... Read More about The impact of COVID-19 on circles of support and accountability.

The potential role of recovery capital in stopping sexual offending: Lessons from circles of support and accountability to enrich practice (2020)
Journal Article

The rehabilitation and reintegration of people who have committed sexual offences presents significant challenges. Current research and practice on desistance from offending behaviour discusses a harm reduction journey that is more multifaceted than... Read More about The potential role of recovery capital in stopping sexual offending: Lessons from circles of support and accountability to enrich practice.

Trauma-informed practice (2020)
Report

International approaches to the management of perpetrators of sexual harm policy: Preventative, practical, or political? (2020)
Book Chapter

The issue of sexual abuse is a global socio‐political one, which means that, despite international differences in policy and practice surrounding sexual abuse, the creation and implementation of these policies and practices are politically sensitive.... Read More about International approaches to the management of perpetrators of sexual harm policy: Preventative, practical, or political?.

Community dynamic risk management of persons who have sexually offended (2020)
Book Chapter

This chapter focuses on the dynamic risk management of individuals convicted of sexual offenses. We will begin by reviewing public perceptions of sexual violence, because how citizens feel about their safety often drives political and legislative age... Read More about Community dynamic risk management of persons who have sexually offended.

Professionals’ understandings of and attitudes to the prevention of sexual abuse: An international exploratory study (2020)
Journal Article

Sexual abuse is a global issue and, therefore, responding to and preventing sexual abuse are global challenges. Although we have examples of and evidence for sexual abuse prevention initiatives internationally, these tend to come from a small, select... Read More about Professionals’ understandings of and attitudes to the prevention of sexual abuse: An international exploratory study.

Toward redemption: Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander men’s narratives of desistance from sexual offending (2020)
Journal Article

The literature on desistance from crime shows that desisters often engage in a process of rebiographing, crafting life stories–or “redemption scripts”–that make sense of their move away from crime. However, this literature has largely excluded nonwhi... Read More about Toward redemption: Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander men’s narratives of desistance from sexual offending.

Community-based approaches to sexual offender reintegration (2020)
Report

Perpetration of sexual violence is widespread in Australia, creating long-term negative effects on wellbeing. Community safety is enhanced through reducing the risk of reoffending by those who have sexually offended. A key avenue to reducing risk of... Read More about Community-based approaches to sexual offender reintegration.