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Hannah Lena Merdian - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Integrating structured individual offending pathway analysis into group treatment for individuals who have accessed, shared, and/or distributed Child Sexual Exploitation material: a feasibility study and preliminary outcome evaluation
Psychology Crime & Law, 2020Co-Authors: Hannah Lena Merdian, Derek Perkins, Darragh Mccashin, Jelena StevanovicAbstract:The Child Sexual Exploitation Material Pathways Tool (CPT) is a case formulation tool that guides a systematic exploration of the learning history, current personal situation, and offending behavio...
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OnlinePROTECT: Working towards the Prevention of Online Child Sexual Exploitation
2018Co-Authors: Hannah Lena MerdianAbstract:As internet access has become ubiquitous, law enforcement, Child protection agencies, and clinical services have observed an exponential increase in the number of individuals committing online Sexual offences involving Children. Initially conceptualised as an ‘old crime, new technology’ phenomenon, the unique characteristics of this population were poorly understood, and there was a lack of standardisation in the treatment approaches across offender management services. Dr Hannah Merdian (University of Lincoln, UK) has co-founded onlinePROTECT, a research and applied outreach programme to support the aim of eliminating Child Sexual Exploitation on the internet through research, training, consultation, and inter-agency collaboration, working alongside a team of collaborators and researchers. Hannah will provide an overview of the onlinePROTECT research programme, and outline some of onlinePROTECT’s stakeholder engagement, working with police, Child protection agencies, and offender treatment providers.
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Child Sexual Exploitation materials offenders a review
European Psychologist, 2018Co-Authors: Kelly M. Babchishin, Hannah Lena Merdian, Ross M. Bartels, Derek PerkinsAbstract:The downloading and possession of Child Sexual Exploitation Materials (CSEM; also referred to as Child pornography and indecent images of Children) is the most commonly convicted type of internet Sexual offences. This review summarizes the current state of knowledge on CSEM offenders. We first provide a summary of the key motivations of CSEM offenders, characteristics of CSEM offenders compared to contact Sexual offenders against Children, and important facilitative factors. We then review the factors related to recidivism among CSEM offenders. Finally, we describe current developments in the risk assessment, police case prioritization, and treatment approaches for CSEM offenders. Generally, CSEM offenders are found to hold a Sexual interest in Children, to be low on antisocial tendencies, and to pose a low risk to reoffend (including contact Sexual offending). Key facilitative factors for CSEM offending include access to Children, offence-supportive cognitions, and Sexual arousal. Factors indicative of antisocial tendencies (e.g., criminal history) are associated with an increased risk of reoffending. Lastly, addressing atypical Sexual interest, socio-affective dysfunctions, and strategies for maintaining an offence-free lifestyle are key treatment targets for CSEM offenders. Lower treatment dosage, however, should be considered given the lower risk level of CSEM-exclusive offenders. We hope that this review will inspire others to explore the current research gaps in future studies.
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Child Sexual Exploitation material offending: From formulation to prevention
2018Co-Authors: Hannah Lena Merdian, Derek PerkinsAbstract:This workshop will review current research on the aetiology and typologies of Child Sexual Exploitation material (CSEM) offending. Similarities and differences between CSEM and contact sex offenders will be reviewed, together with the issues of potential ‘cross over’ from CSEM to contact offending, risk assessment and risk management strategies. Participants will be introduced to a case formulation tool specifically developed for CSEM offenders, together with findings from utilising this within a community treatment programme. Case examples will be presented and participants will have the opportunity to discuss these in the context of their own work. Finally, we will consider approaches to tackling CSEM offending, from individual and group therapies through to primary prevention strategies.
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Online Child Sexual Exploitation material offending: from aetiology to desistance
2018Co-Authors: Derek Perkins, Hannah Lena MerdianAbstract:The onlinePROTECT research team has been researching the aetiology of online Child Sexual Exploitation and abuse for the last five years. There has been an exponential growth in the accessing, producing and distributing of what is commonly called "Child pornography", now more appropriately termed Child Sexual Exploitation Material (CSEM), thereby distinguishing it from legal adult pornography and emphasising what it actually is - recorded Child Sexual abuse.
Derek Perkins - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Integrating structured individual offending pathway analysis into group treatment for individuals who have accessed, shared, and/or distributed Child Sexual Exploitation material: a feasibility study and preliminary outcome evaluation
Psychology Crime & Law, 2020Co-Authors: Hannah Lena Merdian, Derek Perkins, Darragh Mccashin, Jelena StevanovicAbstract:The Child Sexual Exploitation Material Pathways Tool (CPT) is a case formulation tool that guides a systematic exploration of the learning history, current personal situation, and offending behavio...
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Child Sexual Exploitation materials offenders a review
European Psychologist, 2018Co-Authors: Kelly M. Babchishin, Hannah Lena Merdian, Ross M. Bartels, Derek PerkinsAbstract:The downloading and possession of Child Sexual Exploitation Materials (CSEM; also referred to as Child pornography and indecent images of Children) is the most commonly convicted type of internet Sexual offences. This review summarizes the current state of knowledge on CSEM offenders. We first provide a summary of the key motivations of CSEM offenders, characteristics of CSEM offenders compared to contact Sexual offenders against Children, and important facilitative factors. We then review the factors related to recidivism among CSEM offenders. Finally, we describe current developments in the risk assessment, police case prioritization, and treatment approaches for CSEM offenders. Generally, CSEM offenders are found to hold a Sexual interest in Children, to be low on antisocial tendencies, and to pose a low risk to reoffend (including contact Sexual offending). Key facilitative factors for CSEM offending include access to Children, offence-supportive cognitions, and Sexual arousal. Factors indicative of antisocial tendencies (e.g., criminal history) are associated with an increased risk of reoffending. Lastly, addressing atypical Sexual interest, socio-affective dysfunctions, and strategies for maintaining an offence-free lifestyle are key treatment targets for CSEM offenders. Lower treatment dosage, however, should be considered given the lower risk level of CSEM-exclusive offenders. We hope that this review will inspire others to explore the current research gaps in future studies.
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Child Sexual Exploitation material offending: From formulation to prevention
2018Co-Authors: Hannah Lena Merdian, Derek PerkinsAbstract:This workshop will review current research on the aetiology and typologies of Child Sexual Exploitation material (CSEM) offending. Similarities and differences between CSEM and contact sex offenders will be reviewed, together with the issues of potential ‘cross over’ from CSEM to contact offending, risk assessment and risk management strategies. Participants will be introduced to a case formulation tool specifically developed for CSEM offenders, together with findings from utilising this within a community treatment programme. Case examples will be presented and participants will have the opportunity to discuss these in the context of their own work. Finally, we will consider approaches to tackling CSEM offending, from individual and group therapies through to primary prevention strategies.
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Online Child Sexual Exploitation material offending: from aetiology to desistance
2018Co-Authors: Derek Perkins, Hannah Lena MerdianAbstract:The onlinePROTECT research team has been researching the aetiology of online Child Sexual Exploitation and abuse for the last five years. There has been an exponential growth in the accessing, producing and distributing of what is commonly called "Child pornography", now more appropriately termed Child Sexual Exploitation Material (CSEM), thereby distinguishing it from legal adult pornography and emphasising what it actually is - recorded Child Sexual abuse.
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Child Sexual Exploitation materials offenders: a review
European Psychologist, 2018Co-Authors: Kelly M. Babchishin, Hannah Lena Merdian, Ross M. Bartels, Derek PerkinsAbstract:Abstract. The downloading and possession of Child Sexual Exploitation Materials (CSEM; also referred to as Child pornography and indecent images of Children) is a commonly convicted type of Interne...
Nicholas Fisher - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Funding for Rotherham charities to help victims of Child Sexual Exploitation
2016Co-Authors: Nicholas FisherAbstract:Charities and voluntary organisations in Rotherham are to be given a slice of £322,496 to help victims of Child Sexual Exploitation.
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Transforming Child Sexual Exploitation services In Rotherham
2016Co-Authors: Nicholas FisherAbstract:Rotherham is transforming the way it deals with Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) and now it is delivering a ground-breaking service to tackle it.
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Rotherham standing together for National Child Sexual Exploitation Awareness Day
2016Co-Authors: Nicholas FisherAbstract:People in Rotherham are being encouraged to show their support for National Child Sexual Exploitation Awareness Day (18 March).
J. Paul Fedoroff - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Understanding Online Child Sexual Exploitation Offenses
Current Psychiatry Reports, 2016Co-Authors: Thanh Ly, Lisa Murphy, J. Paul FedoroffAbstract:In the past three decades, there has been an exponential increase in the worldwide availability of Internet access and devices that are able to access online materials. This literature review investigated whether increased accessibility of Internet Child pornography (CP) increases the risk of in-person Child Sexual Exploitation. The current review found little to no evidence that availability of the Internet has increased the worldwide incidence or prevalence of in-person Child Sexual abuse. In fact, during the time period in which the Internet has flourished, international crime statistics have shown a steady decrease of in-person Child Sexual abuse. The only exception to this trend is an increase in Internet Child pornography or luring offenses (e.g., Stats Can, 2014), which involves Child abuse by definition. This article reviews the impact of the Internet on Child Sexual abuse. It also reviews the characteristics of online CP offenders. Treatment of these offenders and prevention of such offenses is also discussed.
Sophie Hallett - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Making Sense of Child Sexual Exploitation: Exchange, Abuse and Young People
2017Co-Authors: Sophie HallettAbstract:Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) is now high on the social care agenda, but what is it? How is it different from other forms of Child Sexual abuse? This important book puts forward the rarely heard voices of Children and young people who have experienced CSE and the professionals who have worked with them to answer these questions. Taking a critical perspective, Hallett also addresses the possibility that further problems might arise from the framing of ‘Child Sexual Exploitation’, which can have serious implications for the ways that society responds to CSE and to the Children and young people caught up in it. Central to the discussion are themes such as youth, Childhood, care and power, making for an important sociological contribution to this under-researched field. The book challenges the dominant way of thinking about CSE and, with new and valuable practice and policy relevant insights, is also essential reading for those working or training to work with Children and young people.
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Making Sense of Child Sexual Exploitation
2017Co-Authors: Sophie HallettAbstract:This important book puts forward the rarely heard voices of Children and young people who have experienced Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) and the professionals who have worked with them. CSE is now high on the social care agenda, but what is Child Sexual Exploitation? How is it different from other forms of Child Sexual abuse? Hallett takes a critical perspective and argues that we need to use the exchange model - lost in the current focus on grooming - to answer these questions. She considers the problems that arise with conflating ‘Child Sexual Exploitation’ with ‘grooming’ and the implications for the ways in which we respond to CSE and for the individual Children and young people caught up in it. Central to the discussion are themes such as youth, Childhood, care and power, making for an important sociological contribution to this under-researched field, whilst also providing new and valuable practice and policy relevant insights into this issue. The book challenges the dominant way of thinking about CSE and is essential reading for those working or training to work with Children and young people.
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Making sense of Child Sexual Exploitation
2017Co-Authors: Sophie HallettAbstract:Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) is now high on the social care agenda, but what is it? How is it different from other forms of Child Sexual abuse? This important book puts forward the rarely heard voices of Children and young people who have experienced CSE and the professionals who have worked with them to answer these questions. Taking a critical perspective, Hallett also addresses the possibility that further problems might arise from the framing of ‘Child Sexual Exploitation’, which can have serious implications for the ways that society responds to CSE and to the Children and young people caught up in it. Central to the discussion are themes such as youth, Childhood, care and power, making for an important sociological contribution to this under-researched field. The book challenges the dominant way of thinking about CSE and, with new and valuable practice and policy relevant insights, is also essential reading for those working or training to work with Children and young people
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an uncomfortable comfortableness care Child protection and Child Sexual Exploitation
British Journal of Social Work, 2016Co-Authors: Sophie HallettAbstract:This paper reports findings from a qualitative research inquiry into Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) involving young people with experiences of CSE. The paper considers how ‘care’—understood as an act, an orientation and/or set of relations (including statutory responsibilities at the level of the local state)—featured as a recurrent theme across the data in respect of the ways in which participants made sense of the problem of CSE, why they were vulnerable and at risk, and the ways in which people should respond to such risks. Findings suggest that young people who are without care and recognition from protective adults, and who are not permitted as active agents in setting the terms of their own support, are vulnerable to CSE. Not only do adult care-giving and practices of Child protection feature in participants' accounts as being part of the problem, but they suggest that the instigation of these practices, made as a response to CSE, can ignore and serve to compound that which they are attempting to prevent and disrupt. There is an urgent need for care responses to address the complex underlying issues behind CSE, and to open up the possibility of interventions beyond narrow Child protection responses.
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Child Sexual Exploitation in South East Wales : problems and solutions from the perspectives of young people and professionals
2013Co-Authors: Sophie HallettAbstract:The thesis examines a social phenomenon that has come to be referred to within UK policy discourse as ‘Child Sexual Exploitation’. It is a qualitative, inter-disciplinary study, presenting new data drawn from a series of semi-structured interviews. Two groups of interviewees feature in the thesis: young people with personal experience of Sexual Exploitation; and professionals with varied responsibilities for identification and onward referral in this area. The aim of the thesis is to provide an in-depth understanding of Child Sexual Exploitation through a thematic analysis of the rich accounts provided by those directly involved. The thesis is about Child Sexual Exploitation. At the same time it is about a range of problems – personal, social and professional – that beset and inform this public issue. The thesis explores the wider problems experienced by young people with particular experience of Child Sexual Exploitation, and also the problems experienced by professionals seeking to work effectively with young people identified in this way. However, at root the thesis addresses the possibility that (further) problems might arise from the way in which ‘Child Sexual Exploitation’ itself is conceptualised within policy frameworks in Wales. In particular, the thesis develops an analysis that is critical of policy that wholly defines and provides an explanation for ‘Child Sexual Exploitation’ according to a ‘grooming model’ – and one in which Children and young people figure predominantly as the passive victims of predatory adult perpetrators. The findings suggest that there are multiple forms of Sexual Exploitation, and central to any understanding of Sexual Exploitation is that underpinning the exchange of sex is the meeting (and taking advantage) of unmet needs. The findings also relay broader messages about the role of care in prevention and intervention work. Whilst the thesis acknowledges and in no way dismisses ‘grooming’ as a way of understanding Child Sexual Exploitation, it is argued that a re-articulation of the grooming model is needed in order to recognize that Children and young people can be aware of the coercive nature of their relationships, and to give greater weight to the reasons why they may choose to stay in exploitative relationships. In addition, it is argued that ‘Child Sexual Exploitation’ (as a policy concept) should include other kinds of transactional sex which may be more transient, but equally raise questions about the range of choices available to young people that prompt them to exchange sex for financial, emotional or material reward. The thesis is exploratory and critical in its contribution to an understanding of Child Sexual Exploitation and professional practice, and seeks to provide insights and understanding to a mixed audience, both academic and professional.