Making Sense of Child Sexual Exploitation
Exchange, Abuse and Young People, Sophie Hallett
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10898001 |
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| Authors | Jane Dodsworth (Director of the BA in Social Work Programme, University of East Anglia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 48 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 1822-1824 |
| Publication date | 2018-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Social Work (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0045-3102 • E-ISSN: 1468-263X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/bjsw/bcx119 |
| OpenAlex | W2767495768 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
This book gives a clear overview of the past and more recent historical, attitudinal, legislative and policy context of child sexual exploitation. It identifies the need for increased awareness of its existence and impact, but also of the impact of how it is defined and the influence of this on policy and practice. The author offers some insightful reflections on the way forward for effective interventions by capturing and reflecting on the perspectives of young people and professionals directly involved. This echoes and expands on the approach taken by other research on this topic in terms of the voice of the young person being key to creating effective policy and interventions and the importance of recognising the agency of young people (Coy, 2008; Pearce, 2009; Melrose and Pearce, 2013; Dodsworth, 2015). A central premise considered by the author is that of ‘assuming a position in which children and young people exchanging sex for something is a problem’. Given that starting point, she asserts that we must ask what the nature of the problem is and for whom it is a problem. This seems to be a wholly helpful and holistic approach to the question of what is effective intervention.
Agency (philosophy) · Context (archaeology) · Epistemology · Intervention (counseling) · Legislature · Political science · Premise · Psychological intervention · Public relations · Sense of agency · Social science · Sociology · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Gender, Feminism, and Media · History · Law · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Social Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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