Unprotected
How the Normalisation of Underage Sex Is Exposing Children and Young People to the Risk of Sexual Exploitation, Norman Wells
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10898046 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Paula Beesley (0000-0002-7217-6430, Senior Lecturer, Leeds Beckett University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 549-551 |
| Publication date | 2019-03-01 |
| 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/bcx160 |
| OpenAlex | W2790897272 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 1 |
Within this examination of British serious case reviews, Wells provides a subjective appraisal of the learning that could be applied to the sexual exploitation tragedies that have faced children and families, and indeed communities, over recent years. The book has a very accessible style of writing, and is able to summarise clearly and concisely the argument that Wells proffers. Wells offers a strong moral stand point on what he perceives as the decaying morals of British society. He argues, and is able to pull effectively on a breadth of eight serious case reviews to support his argument, that society’s relaxed (or, as he would position it, lax) attitude to young people’s right to make their own decisions about their own sex life is heard and prioritised by government policy on parental rights and sex education that, he concludes, places all young people at risk of significant harm from sexual abuse.
Argument (complex analysis) · Criminology · Environmental ethics · Government (linguistics) · Harm · Political science · Position (finance) · Sociology · Style (visual arts) · History · Law · Medicine · Psychology · Sex work and related issues · Social Psychology
| Citations per year | 0.4 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2021 - 2024 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |