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Situational Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse (Crime Prevention Studies, vol. 19)
Richard Wortley and Stephen Smallbone, eds
(Paperback)
2006, 275 pages
ISBN: 1-881798-61-5
$42.50

The papers in this volume highlight the small but growing body of research demonstrating that child sex offending is strongly influenced by opportunities to offend, and that analyzing the environmental contexts of offending may offer new insights into preventing the behavior. Chapter topics include: situational factors in child molesting; the use of opportunity-reduction approaches with intellectually disabled child molesters; legislating and investigating sex crimes against children; social interactions among pedophiles; sexual abuse of children in residential institutions; child sexual abuse and the church: and child sex offending and the Internet; among others.

"...most of the chapters...argue persuasively for considering situational prevention strategies in our fight against child sexual assault... I would... recommend this book to anyone actively seeking to prevent child sexual assault." Elizabeth J. Letourneau, review in "Forum" newsletter of the Assn for Treatment of Sexual Abusers.

"The importance of this book lies in its evidence-based approached to the problem... Overall, this book is a welcome effort to achieving a rapport between traditionally separate approaches to preventing one of society's most hated crimes. A must-read for both behavioural and situational separatists, criminologists and crime-scientists alike." Prof Paul Kiff, British Society of Criminology (http://britsoccrim.org/reviews.htm#36)
br> "...this book does not pretend to have all the answers...but does present a model that is very useful for anybody working in the area. It is generally well-written and should be in the library of all practitioners, researchers and teachers." Prof. Graham D. Glancy, Victims and Offenders, (issue #2) 2007

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