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Author Hanvey, Stephen.

Title A community-based approach to the reduction of sexual reoffending : circles of support and accountability / Stephen Hanvey, Terry Philpot and Chris Wilson
Published London ; Philadelphia, PA : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (192 pages)
Contents A Community-Based Approach to the Reduction of Sexual Reoffending: Circles of Support and Accountability; Acknowledgements; A note on terminology; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Beginning of the Circle: The History of Circles of Support and Accountability; Chapter 2 A Man like Others? What We Know About Sex Offenders; Types of child sex offender; What are the causes of offending?; The effects of treatment; Chapter 3 Managing the Problem: Working withPeople Convicted of Sexual Offences; Chapter 4 Within the Circle: The Realities ofPractice; Chapter 5 The Men's Stories and the Volunteers' Stories
The Men's StoriesGerry Hurley: 'Prison was the best thing that ever happened to me'; David Dawson: 'It's like lighting candles in a very dark room'; Ian Morrison: 'I will not produce any more victims'; George Davies: 'The future is now a day-to-daysort of thing'; The Volunteers' Stories; Laurence Clark: 'We're all capable ofanything given certain circumstances'; Elizabeth Cowie: 'Offenders are just people, aren't they?'; Geeta Patel: 'What I'm doing, I'm doing my partfor the community'; Seona Angell: 'I think maybe people think I am a bit quirky for doing it'
Chapter 6 But Does It Work? Evaluation andEvidenceA retributive justice-restorative justice continuum; The background of rehabilitation; Theoretical, contextual and methodologicalchallenges; Summary of the 'evidence'; Internal evaluation; Chapter 7 Publish and Damn: The Media and SexOffending; Why does the media act as it does?; Naming and shaming: On the streets and in theeditors' offices; The media and government two-step; The effect on public attitudes and understan; Endnotes; References; About the Authors; Subject Index; Author Index
Summary "A Circle of Support and Accountability is a group of trained volunteers who meet on a regular basis with a high risk sex offender living in their community. This innovative strategy, which helps the offender both to maintain accountability and reintegrate into the community, is proven to be effective in combating child sexual abuse. This book explains this pioneering approach to managing the behaviour of sex offenders in the community. It provides an overview of sexual abuse, sex offenders and their management, and the Circles approach. The authors set out the development of Circles since they were first started in Canada, the principles of Circles and how they work in practice, and evidence and evaluation of their effectiveness. The use of Circles is brought to life by testimonies from four sex offenders and four volunteers who tell, often movingly, why they joined a Circle, their experiences, and the effects upon them. This unique book, on a ground-breaking approach to managing sex offenders, will be of great interest to professionals across social care and the criminal justice system, including prison and probation services, the police, social workers, counsellors and all those working with sex offenders, including volunteers"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Sex offenders -- Rehabilitation -- Great Britain
Sex offenders -- Services for -- Great Britain
Self-help groups -- Great Britain
Community psychology -- Great Britain
Community mental health services -- Great Britain
Sex crimes -- Great Britain -- Prevention
Community mental health services.
Self-help groups.
Sex Offenses -- prevention & control
Sex Offenses -- psychology
Child Abuse, Sexual -- rehabilitation
Community Mental Health Services
Rape -- rehabilitation
Self-Help Groups
Rehabilitation Of Offenders.
Probation Services.
Counselling & Advice Services.
Social Work.
Crime & Criminology.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sexual Abuse & Harassment.
Community mental health services
Community psychology
Self-help groups
Sex crimes -- Prevention
Sex offenders -- Rehabilitation
Sex offenders -- Services for
Great Britain
Form Electronic book
Author Philpot, Terry
Wilson, Chris, 1957-
ISBN 9780857004239
0857004239
1283238357
9781283238359