Construction of the Offender in Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Training for Adults

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ID15316604
AuthorsAnne M Nurse (0000-0001-8895-3436, corresponding author)
Year2017
Volume28
Issue4
Pages598-615
Publication date2017-03-13
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Criminal Justice Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1051-1253 • E-ISSN: 1745-9117
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10511253.2017.1299423
OpenAlexW2608058219
LanguageEN
References cited29

Until recently, the media was Americans' primary source of information about child sexual offenders. Today, however, millions of adults attend child sexual abuse prevention trainings sponsored by churches, schools, and other organizations. This paper draws on participant observation in 22 sessions of a popular Catholic program. It examines how the curriculum frames child sexual offenders and how group processes support or challenge that framing. While such trainings have the potential to challenge incorrect stereotypes, group and organizational pressures often coalesce to perpetuate fear, anger, and an inability to see offenders as anything but "others

Anger · Anger management · Child sexual abuse · Criminal justice · Criminology · Curriculum · Framing (construction · Pedagogy · Poison control · Sexual abuse · Suicide prevention · Child Abuse and Trauma · Clinical Psychology · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Engineering · Medicine · Psychology · Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending · Social Psychology

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