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Navigating Unconditional Positive Regard: Counsellors' Perspectives on Client Disclosures of Child Sexual Abuse Offending

open access: yesCounselling and Psychotherapy Research, Volume 26, Issue 2, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Objective This study explores counsellors' perceptions of working with clients who disclose thoughts regarding, or experience of perpetrating, sexual abuse of a child. Counselling of such clients is often framed as emotionally draining, distressing and a challenge for the core conditions of a productive therapeutic relationship, specifically ...
Abigail Pustkowski   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Crossing the Line’: Child Protection and Welfare Managers' and Social Workers' Experiences of Social Media, Online and Digital Abuse and Harassment in Ireland

open access: yesChild Abuse Review, Volume 35, Issue 3, May/June 2026.
ABSTRACT Users of child protection social work and/or their families are fully entitled to express their dissatisfaction with the professional or service through both formal and informal channels. Fair criticism and dissatisfaction can sometimes, however, escalate and cross the line into violence, harassment and abuse (VHA).
Amy Bradley   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

"The good days are amazing", an evaluation of the Writer's in Prison Network [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
The Writers in Prison Network (WIPN) was established and appointed by the Arts Council in April 1998 to administer the Writers in Residence in Prison Scheme.
Albertson, Katherine, O'Keeffe, Caroline
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Social‐Therapeutic Custodial Treatment of Individuals Who Committed Sexual Offences: A Comprehensive Controlled and Multicentred Evaluation

open access: yesCriminal Behaviour and Mental Health, Volume 36, Issue 2, Page 87-99, April 2026.
ABSTRACT Background In‐prison treatment of persons who committed sexual offences often showed nonsignificant, small or sometimes even negative effects, particularly in sexual recidivism. Various reasons for this situation seem to be relatively short and standardised group‐based programmes, isolated implementations and insufficient attention to context ...
Friedrich Lösel, Eva Link, Lena C. Carl
wiley   +1 more source

Effective Approaches With Young Adults: A Guide for Probation Services [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The aim of this guide is to give probation practitioners, whether in the National Probation Service or Community Rehabilitation Companies, the tools to deliver a more effective approach to young adults.
Isabel Livingstone   +2 more
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Desisters in the making? Exploring the capacity to desist during community transition among a small longitudinal panel of releasees [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Self-narratives signal readiness for change and the capacity to desist from crime. Utilizing longitudinal interviews with 39 male subjects in a small, industrialized, Midwestern US city, this study explores self-narratives to gain additional ...
Grommon, Eric, Rydberg, Jason
core   +1 more source

Juveniles in Conflict with the Law: Risk Factors and Preventive Approaches

open access: yesPsikiyatride Güncel Yaklaşımlar
Between 50% and 75% of juveniles in conflict with the law have at least one psychiatric disorder. Commonly observed disorders include conduct disorder, substance use disorders, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), depression, and anxiety ...
Mesut Sari, Yasemin İmrek
doaj   +1 more source

Measuring public perceptions of sex offenders: reimagining the Community Attitudes Toward Sex Offenders (CATSO) scale [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The Community Attitudes Toward Sex Offenders (CATSO) scale is an 18-item self-report questionnaire designed to measure respondents’ attitudes toward sex offenders.
Craig A. Harper   +8 more
core   +1 more source

Factors Associated with Desistance from Violence in Prison: An Exploratory Study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Desistance from crime has been of increasing interest within criminal justice literature, but desistance from offending behaviour whilst in custodial environments has not yet been investigated.
Bowen, Erica, Ellis, S.
core   +2 more sources

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