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Surveying the terrain: Current issues in the prevention and management of sexually abusive behaviour by males |
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| Authors: | Tony Morrison |
| Affiliation: | 1. Central District Parole, Correctional Service of Canada , Toronto, Canada AbracenJA@csc-scc.gc.ca;3. Regional Treatment Centre (Ontario) , Toronto, Canada;4. Correctional Service of Canada , Toronto, Canada;5. University of Toronto, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education , Toronto, Canada;6. Central District Parole, Correctional Service of Canada , Toronto, Canada |
| Abstract: | Abstract This paper focuses on critical issues and challenges concerning five areas: the prevention of sexually aggressive behaviour; inter-agency collaboration; groupwork programmes for adult offenders; eligibility levels regarding services for adolescent offenders; and professional issues. Key messages which emerge are: the need to prevent punitive parenting in early childhood; the importance of healthy intra-agency processes as a foundation for effective inter-agency working; ensuring careful selection of clients for groupwork programmes; developing a tiered set of service thresholds for adolescent offenders; and the need to sustain the emotional responsiveness of staff. |
| Keywords: | adolescent sex offenders physical abuse prevention thresholds group process |