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008			210524s2014 enk b 001 0 eng
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020			_a9780199895533
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035			_a(OCoLC)854848126 _z(OCoLC)864787526 _z(OCoLC)871194086 _z(OCoLC)876706602
050			_aHV6570 _b.E95 2014
100	1		_aEwing, Charles Patrick, _d1949-
245	1	0	_aPreventing the sexual victimization of children : _bpsychological, legal, and public policy perspectives / _cCharles Patrick Ewing.
260			_aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _cc2014.
300			_axi, 260 p.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 217-255) and index.
505	0		_aIntroduction and historical overview -- The epidemiology and effects of child sexual abuse and exploitation -- Prevention strategies aimed at parents, children, and the community -- Prevention strategies aimed at perpetrators and potential perpetrators -- Internet-related sexual abuse and exploitation of children -- Institutional child sexual abuse -- Prostitution of minors -- Conclusions.
520			_a"'Preventing the Sexual Victimization of Children is the first book to critically evaluate national and international efforts to reduce child sexual abuse (CSA) and ameliorate its effects. Until now, input from social science and mental health experts has been accepted for the most part uncritically, as have the programs and laws that have been developed in reliance upon that advice. Here Dr. Ewing utilizes empirical data, policy considerations, cos-benefit analyses, psychological theory, legal reasoning, and common sense to understake the often difficult and sometimes controversial task of distinguishing prevention strategies that are likely to prevent CSA from those that are not."--
520			_aSexual exploitation of children is a major social problem in the United States and around the world. Depending upon how such exploitation is defined and measured, divergent estimates indicate that in the U.S. between 3 and 37 percent of males, and between 8 and 71 percent of females are sexually abused in some manner during childhood or adolescence. In response, governments have passed strict laws, entered into international treaties, and established large bureaucracies aimed at curbing child sexual abuse. This book the first to critically evaluate national and international efforts to reduce child sexual abuse (CSA) and ameliorate its effects. Until now, input from social science and mental health experts has been accepted for the most part uncritically, as have the programs and laws that have been developed in reliance upon that advice. Here Dr. Ewing utilizes empirical data, policy considerations, cost-benefit analyses, psychologicaltheory, legal reasoning, and common sense to undertake the often difficult and sometimes controversial task of distinguishing prevention strategies that are likely to prevent CSA from those that are not. He concludes that the most expensive preventive strategies- such as sex offender registration, enhancing criminal penalties for such offenders, and civilly confining them- are not effective in preventing CSA and may actually increase its likelihood. However, he also concludes that many other strategies are or could be effective in preventing CSA, such as minimizing opportunities for such abuse, risk education, teaching children to protect themselves, encouraging bystander intervention, limiting the cultural sexualization of children, improving the investigation and prosecution of CSA allegations, using technology to stop child pornography and to rescue its victims, changing the culture in child-serving organizations, and more. This volume will be a unique and critical resource for lawyers, researchers, psychologists, social workers, public policy officials, students, and child advocates interested in preventing child sexual abuse. -- Publisher description
650		4	_aChild sexual abuse _xPrevention.
650		4	_aSex crimes _xPrevention.
650		4	_aSexually abused children.
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