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What Is Treatment? : Understandings And Responses Of Workers To Child Sex Offenders, Casey Eyden
What Is Treatment? : Understandings And Responses Of Workers To Child Sex Offenders, Casey Eyden
Theses : Honours
With the field of sex offender treatment is in its infancy, there is a tack of clarity concerning nearly all aspects of offending behaviour, from theoretical frameworks that explain why the offending occurs, to the effectiveness of different treatment techniques. This study sought to gain insight into workers' understandings of the phenomenon of child sexual offending, and how these understandings informed their responses to child sex offender treatment. Locating the 'sense making' of workers within the context of a four dimensional systematic integration model; personal, professional, organisational and social influences and impacts were also explored. Currently practicing with child sex …