04267cam a2200301 i 4500001001300000003000600013007000300019008004100022010001700063020001800080020001500098035007500113050002200188100003600210245013400246260005100380300001500431504006700446505039700513520069800910520212801608650003603736650002903772650003003801942001203831952010703843999001503950ocn854848126OCoLCta210524s2014    enk      b    001 0 eng    a  2013028790  a9780199895533  a0199895538  a(OCoLC)854848126z(OCoLC)864787526z(OCoLC)871194086z(OCoLC)876706602  aHV6570b.E95 20141 aEwing, Charles Patrick, d1949-10aPreventing the sexual victimization of children :bpsychological, legal, and public policy perspectives /cCharles Patrick Ewing.  aNew York : bOxford University Press, cc2014.  axi, 260 p.  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 217-255) and index.0 aIntroduction and historical overview -- The epidemiology and effects of child sexual abuse and exploitation -- Prevention strategies aimed at parents, children, and the community -- Prevention strategies aimed at perpetrators and potential perpetrators -- Internet-related sexual abuse and exploitation of children -- Institutional child sexual abuse -- Prostitution of minors -- Conclusions.  a"'Preventing the Sexual Victimization of Children is the first book to critically evaluate national and international efforts to reduce child sexual abuse (CSA) and ameliorate its effects. Until now, input from social science and mental health experts has been accepted for the most part uncritically, as have the programs and laws that have been developed in reliance upon that advice. Here Dr. Ewing utilizes empirical data, policy considerations, cos-benefit analyses, psychological theory, legal reasoning, and common sense to understake the often difficult and sometimes controversial task of distinguishing prevention strategies that are likely to prevent CSA from those that are not."--  aSexual exploitation of children is a major social problem in the United States and around the world. Depending upon how such exploitation is defined and measured, divergent estimates indicate that in the U.S. between 3 and 37 percent of males, and between 8 and 71 percent of females are sexually abused in some manner during childhood or adolescence. In response, governments have passed strict laws, entered into international treaties, and established large bureaucracies aimed at curbing child sexual abuse. This book the first to critically evaluate national and international efforts to reduce child sexual abuse (CSA) and ameliorate its effects. Until now, input from social science and mental health experts has been accepted for the most part uncritically, as have the programs and laws that have been developed in reliance upon that advice. Here Dr. Ewing utilizes empirical data, policy considerations, cost-benefit analyses, psychologicaltheory, legal reasoning, and common sense to undertake the often difficult and sometimes controversial task of distinguishing prevention strategies that are likely to prevent CSA from those that are not. He concludes that the most expensive preventive strategies- such as sex offender registration, enhancing criminal penalties for such offenders, and civilly confining them- are not effective in preventing CSA and may actually increase its likelihood. However, he also concludes that many other strategies are or could be effective in preventing CSA, such as minimizing opportunities for such abuse, risk education, teaching children to protect themselves, encouraging bystander intervention, limiting the cultural sexualization of children, improving the investigation and prosecution of CSA allegations, using technology to stop child pornography and to rescue its victims, changing the culture in child-serving organizations, and more. This volume will be a unique and critical resource for lawyers, researchers, psychologists, social workers, public policy officials, students, and child advocates interested in preventing child sexual abuse. -- Publisher description 4aChild sexual abusexPrevention. 4aSex crimes xPrevention. 4aSexually abused children.  2lcccBK  00104070aPNLIBbPNLIBcGENd2021-06-17oHV6570 .E95 2014pPNLIB21062648r2021-06-17w2021-06-17yBK  c2835d2835