Children and young people displaying sexual behaviour problems: to guide or to punish
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Oral paper presentation at the Asia Pacific Conference for Child Abuse and Neglect 2015, Royale Chulan, Kuala Lumpur (26.10.2015) organised by ISPCAN
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- 1. CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE DISPLAYING SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR PROBLEMS To guide or to punish? Roslinya A. Latip, Lancaster University ladyeena@gmail.com MONDAY 26.10.2015
- 2. sexual behaviour problems vs. sexual offense Background of the study statistic svictim survey retrospective study official police record terminolog y public perception myths vs. facts
- 3. The research Fully qualitative approach, using Straussian Grounded Theory approach - 'what happens in today's practice with children and young people displaying a range of SBPs?’ Interviews, 44 practitioners across the UK – YOTs, Children’ Social Care Service, private practice (P1 – P44) Documents, 67 Child Protection Procedures from LSCBs and agencies in the UK – sexually active young people, young people displaying sexually harmful behaviour, allegations arising from sexually active young people under the age of 18 (D1 – D67) GT Analysis – a series of coding activities (open, axial and selective) and constant comparison
- 4. Children and young people displaying sexual behaviour problems to guide or to punish?
- 5. It is fundamental, in the first instance, to understand this. We work with children, and some of them are very young, as young as 3 or 4 years old. Others might be older, but unlike an adult, they don't have the capability to understand the consequences resulting from their behaviour. You have to get this right, then only you can understand the nature of our work with young people - Participant 17
- 6. The finding the core philosophy Children first approach Individual uniqueness Holistic approach Early intervention Towards desistence
- 7. Rethinking everything One thing that people always get it wrong; we do not punish children for what they have done. We don't tell what is wrong, what is right. That's not essentially what we do. Instead, we provide basis for them, to learn pro-social behaviours and to un-learn from what's considered as ‘inappropriate behaviours’ - Participant 16
- 8. Children and young people displaying sexual behaviour problems without minimising the effect of abuse to the victim(s)to guide
- 9. Where do we go from here? ... It is therefore important that reports of apparently abusive/inappropriate sexual behaviour by a child or young person are taken seriously and responded to appropriately. The earlier the identification of the sexually abusive behaviour, the greater the potential for intervention before it has the potential to develop further and become more entrenched – D20 Some recommendatio research prevention public awareness support system
- 10. ISPCAN Asia Pacific Regional Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect Monday 26.10.2015 Any question? Thank you Question/comment/feedback: ladyeena@gmail.com