This edited collection draws together and contextualises research on the Epidemiological Criminology (EpiCrim) approaches to sexual abuse carried out by the University of West England (UWE), Bristol. EpiCrim sees crime and offending behaviour, including sexual abuse, as a public health issue and advocates that to prevent first time or repeat offending behaviour we have to work in a bespoke way across a number of populations (individual, interpersonal, community, and societal). The book introduces the area of EpiCrim and how it works to address sexual abuse, before examining the UWE based research on the prevention, treatment and community integration of people impacted by sexual abuse. The book discusses policy, practice, theory and research in this area with the authors reviewing, critiquing, synthesising as well as building upon previous/current research, theory and policy.
Chapter
1. Preface (Kieran McCartan, Anne Eason, Sarah Senker, Nick
Addis, & Cody Porter).- Part I: Concept, context and evaluation frames.-
Chapter
2. Understating an EpiCrim approach and how it relates to preventing
sexual abuse (Kieran McCartan & Sophie King-Hill).
Chapter
3. What does
multi-agency working mean in the EpiCrim approach to preventing sexual abuse?
(Hazel Kemshall).
Chapter
4. Developing a solid research base, methodology
and data sets for EpiCrim (Felix Richie & Elizabeth Green).- Part II:
Prevention.
Chapter
5. Examining the role of online communities in the
prevention of child sexual abuse (Nick Addis, Ella Rees, Ian Johnson, Phil
Legg, & Maggie Brennan).
Chapter
6. Building an Informed workforce to
prevent and respond to Violence Against Women and Girls (Ella Rees & Helen
Bovill).
Chapter
7. Understanding disclosure of sexual violence/abuse across
different settings and points of intervention (Jane Meyrick).- Part III:
Treatment and rehabilitation.
Chapter
8. The nature of trauma informed
practice in the treatment of men convicted of a sexual offence (Chris Pawson,
Sarah Senker, & Anne Eason).
Chapter
9. Getting Started with Trauma-Informed
Care: Skills for case conceptualization and stuck cases (David S.
Prescott).
Chapter
10. Developing a trauma informed work force: the role of
compassion in treatment and rehabilitation (Geri Akerman and Emily Jones).-
Chapter
11. Keeping practitioners safe: Looking after the health and
wellbeing of the professional and compassion fatigue (Anne Eason).- Part IV:
Community integration, harm reduction and desistence.
Chapter
12. Restorative Justice as a response to sexual violence (Paul Gavin, Phil
Cawley, Stephanie Kewley, Lol Burke, Nadia Wager, & Cody Porter).
Chapter
13. Employability barriers for those with a sexual conviction (Cody Porter &
Hannah Meridian).- Part V: Conclusion and future directions.-Chapter
14.
Where next for EpiCrim approaches to understanding, responding to and
preventing sexual abuse (Kieran McCartan).
Kieran McCartan is Professor of Criminology & Health at the University of the West of England, Bristol.
Anne Eason is Associate Head of School (Policing) at the University of the West of England, Bristol.
Sarah Senker is Director of ATD Research & Consultancy and Research Associate in Criminology at the University of the West of England, Bristol.
Nick Addis is Senior Lecturer in Criminology at the University of the West of England, Bristol.
Cody Porter is Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of the West of England, Bristol.
