edited by Barry Percy‐Smith and Nigel Thomas, London/New York, Routledge, 2009, 400 pp., £80.00 (hardback), ISBN 978‐0‐415‐46851‐0, £24.99 (paperback), ISBN 978‐0‐415‐46852‐7 I am always somewhat w...

A handbook of children and young people's participation: perspectives from theory and practice

This book provides a thorough account of victimisation across the social spectrum of class, race, age and gender.

News Media, Victims and Crime

The purpose of this article is to examine the ways in which studies of criminal victimization have contributed to this presumption of human vulnerability, and to examine the potential in understandings of resilience for overcoming this presumption. In order to do this the argument falls into three parts. In the first part I shall consider the different ways in which victimization and vulnerability have been linked together. In the second I shall examine the concept of resilience and its relationship, if any, with vulnerability and victimization. Throughout this discussion I shall draw on feminist informed work as a way of suggesting a differently oriented approach to both of these concepts: presented here as thinking otherwise. In the final and concluding part of this article the implications of contemporary understandings of these concepts will be situated within the broader policy context characterized by Aradau (2004) as informed by a 'politics of pity'.

Reframing criminal victimization: Finding a place for vulnerability and resilience:

PART ONE: RAPE: PREVALENCE, SOCIAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS The Incidence and Prevalence of Rape Male Rape and Female Rapists Social Characteristics of Rape Victims and Rapists Psychological Chararcteristics of Rapists PART TWO: THE CAUSES OF RAPE Factors Creating a Predisposition to Rape Factors Reducing Internal Inhibitions Against Rape Factors Reducing Social Inhibitions Against Rape Factors Reducing Potential Victim's Ability to Avoid Rape PART THREE: CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE: PREVALENCE AND THE LAW Child Sexual Abuse and the Law The Incidence and Prevalence of Child Sexual Abuse The Gender Gap Among Perpetrators of Child Sexual Abuse PART FOUR: THE CAUSES OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE Factors Creating Sexual Feelings Toward Children Factors Reducing Internal Inhibitions Against Child Sexual Abuse Factors Reducing Social Inhibitions Against Child Sexual Abuse PART FIVE: SEXUAL HARASSMENT Sexual Harassment in the Workplace Conclusion

Sexual Exploitation: Rape, Child Sexual Abuse, and Workplace Harassment.

This paper describes several key developments and dimensions in the field of ‘green criminology’ and discusses some of the relevant debates and controversies arising. It then outlines overlaps and connections with other areas of work within critical criminology. The central focus of the paper is on crimes of the economy as they affect the environment and a substantive, illustrative case study is provided on environmental crimes and harms associated with the oil industry. The paper concludes with some critical observations on where directions in theory, policy and practice may need to turn in a post-growth world.

Green criminology and crimes of the economy: theory, research and praxis

Comprehensive, critical and accessible, Criminology: A Sociological Introduction offers an authoritative overview of the study of criminology, from early theoretical perspectives to pressing contemporary issues such as the globalisation of crime, crimes against the environment, terrorism and cybercrime. 
Authored by an internationally renowned and experienced group of authors in the Department of Sociology at the University of Essex, this is a truly international criminology text that delves into areas that other texts may only reference. It includes substantive chapters on the following topics:
• Histories of crime;
• Theoretical approaches to crime and the issue of social change;
• Victims and victimisation;
• Crime, emotion and social psychology;
• Drugs, alcohol, health and crime;
• Criminal justice and the sociology of punishment; 
• Green criminology;
• Crime and the media;
• Terrorism, state crime and human rights. 
The new edition fuses global perspectives in criminology from the contexts of post-Brexit Britain and America in the age of Trump, and from the Global South. It contains new chapters on cybercrime; crimes of the powerful; organised crime; life-course approaches to understanding delinquency and desistance; and futures of crime, control and criminology. 
Each chapter includes a series of critical thinking questions, suggestions for further study and a list of useful websites and resources. The book also contains a glossary of the criminological terms and concepts used in the book. It is the perfect text for students looking for a broad, critical and international introduction to criminology, and it is essential reading for those looking to expand their ‘criminological imagination’.

Criminology: A Sociological Introduction

The English family justice system faces a crisis of recurrence. As many as one in four birth mothers involved in public law care proceedings in English family courts are likely to reappear in a sub...

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Reducing recurrent care proceedings: initial evidence from new interventions

Traditionally child sexual abuse has been perceived as a male crime, however, recent research suggests that a significant minority of offenders are female. While recognizing the importance of male perpetrators, this groundbreaking book places the behavior of these offending women into social context, challenging conventional perceptions of female offenders, femininity, and mothering. Including case studies and responses from professionals in the field, this key text highlights the problems inherent in protecting children and identifies ways in which we can develop a clearer understanding of the social processes involved through an analysis of the denial and minimisation used by female perpetrators. It offers a critical understanding of the notions of harm, the rights of the child, and professional practice while defining some of the limitations and possibilities of a feminist analysis of child sexual abuse by women.

Child abuse, gender and society

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Women and the criminal justice system: failing victims and offenders?

Successful risk management within child protection is problematic and in many cases is a delicate balancing act between parental and children’s rights. Reversing the expected gender roles creates a dynamic that may increase the difficulties of risk assessment even further. This paper focuses on women who sexually abuse children and discusses the particular problems relating to the assessment of risk in professional practice. The data was gathered in the UK and drawn from a series of qualitative interviews with child protection professionals, including 3 police officers, 2 lawyers, 15 social workers, 6 probation officers, 8 health workers and 11 counsellors. The interview data have identified some links between the gendered assumptions and the rationales used by professionals to explain the abusive behaviour.

Female sexual abusers: Assessing the risk

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