Two roads, one destination: community and organisational mechanisms for contextualising child abuse prevention in Australia and the UK
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2020-05-28Subjects
child abuseprevention
contextual aproaches
situational crime prevention
Subject Categories::L500 Social Work
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Calls for a contextual approach to abuse prevention highlight a need to better understand how contextual frameworks may be operationalized. Using a dual-case study design, this research compares two contrasting pilot projects underpinned by contextual theories of abuse prevention. One was implemented in a small remote Indigenous community in Australia, and aimed to reduce the extent of youth-perpetrated sexual abuse. The other occurred in a densely populated urban area in London (United Kingdom) and involved the co-creation and testing of a contextual child protection response to peer-to-peer abuse. Despite their divergent approaches to developing contextual practice, a comparison of the two projects identified shared features of implementation. Both involved: context-specific community buy-in and ownership of a response to peer-to-peer abuse; solutions that were co-created between professionals and communities, and; the enhancement of community guardianship, pro-social use of space and changes to the physical design of areas to increase safety. Consequentially both projects demanded a radical transformation in the way health and social care professionals viewed the target of their interventions – the what- and the approach to achieving change – the how. Comparing these two case studies provides a unique opportunity to extend knowledge on the practical application of contextual theoretical approaches to abuse prevention.Citation
Firmin C, Rayment-McHugh S (2020) 'Two roads, one destination: community and organisational mechanisms for contextualising child abuse prevention in Australia and the UK', International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice, 3, pp.229-247.Publisher
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https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42448-020-00049-3Type
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2524-5236EISSN
2524-5244Sponsors
Department for Educationae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1007/s42448-020-00049-3
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