“I don’t really see any kind of change” - multi-perspective analysis of a circle of support and accountability for young people who have previously demonstrated harmful sexual behaviour

Blagden, N. ORCID: 0000-0002-4037-0984, Winder, B. ORCID: 0000-0002-9118-679X and Leigh, L., 2023. “I don’t really see any kind of change” - multi-perspective analysis of a circle of support and accountability for young people who have previously demonstrated harmful sexual behaviour. Journal of Sexual Aggression. ISSN 1355-2600

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Abstract

It is estimated that young people commit between 20% and 60% of sexual offences against children. While social isolation is a recognised risk factor for harmful sexual behaviour in young people, strong childhood attachments, developing social skills and belonging to peer groups are key protective factors. Community Circles of Support and Accountability (CoSA) is a community-based intervention that was originally developed for adults with sexual convictions and has now been adopted with young people who display harmful sexual behaviour. CoSA directly addresses issues of social isolation by providing individuals (known as Core Members) with a circle of social support made up of volunteers, professionals and a coordinator. There is now an established evidence base for CoSA with adults; the current study aims to explore the experience of a young person’s CoSA. Interviews were conducted with a Core Member, their guardian (grandmother), CoSA volunteer and the CoSA Coordinator. Multi-perspective interpretative phenomenological analysis was used to analyse the data, and three superordinate themes were established: (i) Contested self-change, (ii) Negotiating relational boundaries and (iii) Toward “normalcy”.

Item Type:	Journal article
Publication Title:	Journal of Sexual Aggression
Creators:	Blagden, N., Winder, B. and Leigh, L.
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
Date:	12 March 2023
ISSN:	1355-2600
Identifiers:	Number Type 10.1080/13552600.2023.2179676 DOI 1730879 Other
Rights:	© 2023 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way. The terms on which this article has been published allow the posting of the Accepted Manuscript in a repository by the author(s) or with their consent.
Divisions:	Schools > School of Social Sciences
Record created by:	Linda Sullivan
Date Added:	14 Mar 2023 10:14
Last Modified:	14 Mar 2023 10:14
URI:	https://irep.ntu.ac.uk/id/eprint/48495

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