Reviews : Inocence Destroyed: A Study of Child Sexual Abuse
| DOI | 10.1177/026455059404100121 |
| Date | 01 March 1994 |
| Published date | 01 March 1994 |
| Author | Frances Flaxington |
| Subject Matter | Articles |
has been maintained or expanded
aspects of child sexual abuse and had
alongside welfare cuts.
spoken to many people in the field but I
Hudson is strong in her account of
felt that m attempting to cover so many
the Probation Service’s shift from
areas there were significant gaps in this text.
providing alternatives to custody to
The strength of the book lies in the
community punishment as an attempt to
graphic accounts of both male and
find
female victims of child sexual abuse. For
a new rationale for its work; and is
optimistic
those of us working with offenders it
-
or kind - enough to say
that she
provides valuable msights into the short
sees the Service begmning to
and long term effects of sexually abusive
move back to a rehabilitative approach.
behaviour.
She is interesting in her examination
Similarly, the data on the
of
prevalence of sexual abuse in
potential reforms - selective abolition
society
of
provides us with a wider picture of this
prison; a deliberate differentiation of
problem. There is a useful chapter
disposals to enable sentencers to choose
explaining the issues associated with
the most suitable, depending on their
interviewing children and a description
purpose; the inclusion of a rehabilitative
of a ’protocol’ used for assessments.
element in penalties; interagency co-
Knowledge of the procedures used and
operation analogous to what evolved in
how evidence is gathered can assist
the juvenile justice field; policy
practitioners working with offenders
integration to tackle the root causes of
whose defence is to deny and/or
crime - and her behef that
minimise their behaviour. However, in
disenchantment with the results of
trying to cover theory in relation to
revamping penal codes has brought such
offenders and to describe issues relating
reforms to the verge of acceptability. She
to different types of sex offenders, eg
is eloquent about the need to remove
females, adolescents, the book tries to do
juridicial dominance and...
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