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Creating Safer Organisations: Practical Steps to Prevent the Abuse of Children by Those Working With Them
Marcus Erooga
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Description for Creating Safer Organisations: Practical Steps to Prevent the Abuse of Children by Those Working With Them
Paperback. High profile child abuse cases of recent years have brought child safety forward in public consciousness. This book, written for managers and trustees of organizations working with children as well as criminal justice staff working with sex offenders, offers practical safety measures for children's organizations. Editor(s): Erooga, Marcus. Series: Wiley Child Protection & Policy Series. Num Pages: 210 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFE1; JKSB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 135 x 10. Weight in Grams: 282.
An accessible resource to help those in organisational settings ensure that they have taken all possible steps to safeguard the children and young people they are responsible for.
An accessible resource to help those in organisational settings ensure that they have taken all possible steps to safeguard the children and young people they are responsible for.
- Draws on up to date research with people who have committed sexual offences against children in organisational settings, and new developments in interviewing approaches
- Details recent cases to illustrate points about institutional failures in protecting children
- Highlights the fact that those who sexually offend against children are a diverse and heterogeneous population, and the approaches taken to protect children must address the range of possible risks
- Makes a firm commitment ... Read more
- Offers clear and practical messages and measures for organisations to act on
Product Details
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
210
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
Wiley Child Protection & Policy Series
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781119972686
SKU
V9781119972686
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About Marcus Erooga
Marcus Erooga is NSPCC Theme Adviser for Child Sexual Abuse and a Visiting Research Fellow at the University of Huddersfield's Centre for Childhood Studies. He is also immediate past Chair of the National Organisation for the Treatment of Abusers (NOTA). He has studied staff and volunteers who may present a risk to children in the workplace, and also undertaken research ... Read more
Reviews for Creating Safer Organisations: Practical Steps to Prevent the Abuse of Children by Those Working With Them
"Creating Safer Organisations is a wonderfully hands-on, functional guide that not only raises awareness of the issue of organisational abuse but provides an empirical framework to the media-focused discourse on this topic." (NOTA News, March 2013) "This is where organisations should head immediately for guidance on safer recruitment, organisational planning and the safe use of space... Creating ... Read more