An accessible resource to help those in organisational settings
ensure that they have taken all possible steps to safeguard the
children and young people they are responsible for.
* Draws on up to date research with people who have committed
sexual offences against children in organisational settings, and
new developments in interviewing approaches
* Details recent cases to illustrate points about institutional
failures in protecting children
* Highlights the fact that those who sexually offend against
children are a diverse and heterogeneous population, and the
approaches taken to protect children must address the range of
possible risks
* Makes a firm commitment to the importance of multi-agency and
inter-disciplinary collaboration and is relevant in both community
and residential settings
* Offers clear and practical messages and measures for
organisations to act on
Over de auteur
Marcus Erooga is NSPCC Theme Adviser for Child Sexual Abuse
and a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Huddersfield’s
Centre for Childhood Studies. He is also immediate past Chair of
the National Organisation for the Treatment of Abusers (NOTA). He
has studied staff and volunteers who may present a risk to children
in the workplace, cite=’mailto:Marcus’> and also undertaken research with
people convicted of sexual offences in those settings. A past
editor and current Board member of the Journal of Sexual
Aggression, Marcus has authored and edited some 25 publications
on child protection related issues.