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Where’s child sexual abuse gone? Have we fixed it?. Prevention If every child really does matter……?. What do you want them to do?. What do they need to know?. A Comprehensive Strategy for Child Sexual Abuse Prevention (where does social work fit in?). Outline. Stop it Now! UK & Ireland
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Where’s child sexual abuse gone?Have we fixed it? ©Donald Findlater
Prevention If every child really does matter……? ©Donald Findlater
What do you want them to do? ©Donald Findlater
What do they need to know? ©Donald Findlater
A Comprehensive Strategy for Child Sexual Abuse Prevention(where does social work fit in?) ©Donald Findlater
Outline • Stop it Now! UK & Ireland • Scale of the problem • Model to understand abusing, abusers, victims, and families • Public Health model for prevention ©Donald Findlater
The prevalence of child sexual abuseSources:- Wyatt 1985; Finkelhor 1979 &1989; Briere 1990; Cawson 2000 10%-20% 20%-30% Women Men ©Donald Findlater
Finkelhor – ‘Four pre-conditions to sexual abuse’Adapted from:- D Finkelhor Child Sexual Abuse: New Theory & Research 1986 Sex with a child Thoughts MOTIVATION ‘Wanting to’ INTERNAL INHIBITORS ‘Conscience’ EXTERNAL INHIBITORS ‘Others’ (Creating Opportunity) OVERCOME VICTIM RESISTANCE ‘Doing it and getting away with it’ ©Donald Findlater
Stop It Now! ` Targets: – • Adult abusers and potential abusers: to encourage them to recognise their behaviour as abusive and seek help to change. • Family and friends: to encourage them to recognise the signs of abusive behaviour in those close to them and to seek advice about what action to take. • Parents of children and young people with worrying sexually behaviour : to encourage them to recognise signs of abusive behaviour in their children and seek advice about what to do. ©Donald Findlater
Prevention – what it might look like ©Donald Findlater
Twelve points of focus for preventative action ©Donald Findlater
Finkelhor – ‘Steps towards prevention’Adapted from:- D Finkelhor Child Sexual Abuse: New Theory & Research 1986 Sex with a child Thoughts MOTIVATION INTERNAL INHIBITORS EXTERNAL INHIBITORS OVERCOME VICTIM RESISTANCE
Thank you Stop it Now! Helpline 0808 1000 900 dfindlater@lucyfaithfull.org.uk