Children as 'Risk' : Sexual Exploitation and Abuse by Children and Young People
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Overview
This book critically examines socio-political constructions of risk related to sexual offending behaviour by and among children and young people and charts the rise of harmful sexual or exploitative behaviour among peers, drawing on a range of theoretical frameworks and primary research. Discussion of these behaviours is exhibited against a backdrop of the premature cultural sexualisation of contemporary childhood, which challenges traditional conceptions of childhood, victimhood and gendered sexual identities more broadly. It examines the complexities of peer-based sexual behaviours in a range of settings, including within organisational contexts such as schools and care homes, within families and peer-based relationships, as well as online contexts including sexting and cyberbullying. It draws out the myriad legal, practical and policy challenges of negotiating the boundaries between normal/experimental, risky/problematic and harmful sexual behaviour, and in particular the demarcation between coercion and consent, both for professionals as well as children and young people themselves.
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- ISBN-13: 9781107144842
- ISBN-10: 1107144841
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Publish Date: October 2018
- Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.2 x 1.1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.45 pounds
- Page Count: 372
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