Child Sexual Abuse Media Representation and Government Reactions 1st Edition by Julia Davidson 1904385699 9781904385691

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ISBN 10: 1904385699

ISBN 13: 9781904385691

Author: Julia C. Davidson

Child Sexual Abuse critically evaluates the development of policy and legislative measures to control sex offenders. The last fifteen years has seen increasing concern on the part of the government, criminal justice agencies, the media and the public, regarding child sexual abuse. This concern has been prompted by a series of events including cases inviting media attention and involving the abduction, sexual abuse and murder of young children. The response to this wave of child sexual abuse revelation has been to introduce increasingly punitive legislation regarding the punishment and control of sex offenders (sex offenders are the only group of offenders in British legal history to have their own act), both in custody and in the community. But this response, it is argued here, has developed in a reactionary way to media and public anxiety regarding the punishment and control of sex offenders (who have abused children) and the perceived threat of such offenders in the community.

Table of contents:

Chapter 1 Definitions and images of childhood and abuse
Consent to sexual relations: the end of childhood
Child sexual abuse: legal definitions
Position of trust
Sexual grooming and indecent internet images of children
Informed consent
Defining abuse: how harmful is abuse? Victims’ perceptions and experiences
The experience of child victims in developing countries
The extent of the problem
Prevalence in the ‘real’ world
Prevalence in cyberspace
References
Footnotes

Chapter 2 The crisis in child protection and child victims’ access to justice
The Cleveland, Rochdale and Orkney Inquiries
The Waterhouse Inquiry
The Laming Inquiry
Government response to the Laming Report and media focus
Children’s access to justice: why aren’t child sexual abuse cases prosecuted?
What support is available for child victims?
References
Footnotes

Chapter 3 Understanding child sexual abusers and the impact of key cases
What do we know about child sexual abusers?
Female sex offenders
Male sex offenders
Internet sex offenders
Theorising child sexual abuse: exploring motivations
Physiological and biological theories
Freudian theory and child abuse
Behavioural theory and child abuse
Self-esteem and social isolation
Adult relationships
Offenders early lives
Relationships with parents and experiences of abuse
Attitudes towards children
Key child abuse cases: media response and government reaction
The Sarah Payne case
The events
The Soham murders
The events
Newspaper response to the perpetrators
References
Footnotes

Chapter 4 Sentencing child sexual abusers and the legislative framework
Sentencing guidance and the Sexual Offences Act 2003
Sentencing practice
Sex offender registration in the United Kingdom
Registration and public notification in the United States
Trial by media: newspaper response to UK government sentencing policy
Indeterminate sentencing and civil commitment of sex offenders: future trends?
References
Footnotes

Chapter 5 The management, control and treatment of child sexual abusers
Assessing and managing child sexual abusers: a ‘risky’ business
Newspaper reporting and the management of child sexual abusers
Government control, management and treatment of child sexual abusers
Controlling child sexual abusers: restricting behaviour and lie detection
Assessing risk: a precise science or a shot in the dark?
Internet child sex offenders: risk assessment and management
Treating child sexual abusers
The current community and prison treatment programme
Sex offender denial and minimisation in treatment programmes
Treating internet sex offenders
Treatment evaluation
Recent trends: offence disclosure and chemical castration
Public disclosure: one step closer?
The use of drugs to control sex offender behaviour
References
Footnotes

Conclusion
Images and definitions of childhood: children as victims and yobs
Child abuse inquiries, media response and government policy: failures in child protection
Images and perceptions of abusers: key cases and social policy
Sentencing policy and practice
Managing the risk and actuarial measures: public reassurance
Concluding comments
References
Footnotes

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