Overview
- Introduces new research on Circles of Support and Accountability (CoSA)
- Suggests potential new directions for researchers and practitioners of CoSA
- Discusses the rehabilitation of sexual offenders from an interdisciplinary perspective
Part of the book series: Sexual Crime (SEXCR)
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About this book
This book offers a collection of original contributions to current research available on Circles of Support and Accountability (CoSA) by engaging with current literature and unpublished research in the field. The book explores the role of narrative identity in desistance from sexual crime and how CoSA maps onto this, as well as a history of CoSA across the world. The text then moves into an empirical section, reporting on some unpublished findings, including an evaluation of a new prison-based CoSA in the UK. Lastly, the experiences of service users and the influence of media perceptions are explored, offering a space for the ‘unheard voices’ as well as consideration of future directions for practitioners. The book is relevant not just to psychologists, criminologists, social workers and students, but to practitioners and the general public with an interest in learning about CoSA.
The editors of this volume have all been involved in the settingup of the Safer Living Foundation, a charity formed in 2014 to reduce and prevent sexual offending.
The editors of this volume have all been involved in the settingup of the Safer Living Foundation, a charity formed in 2014 to reduce and prevent sexual offending.
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Keywords
- rehabilitation
- sex crime
- Councelling
- accountability for crimes
- sex offenders
- Circles of Support and Accountability (CoSA)
- narrative identity
- theories of sexual offending
- prison rehabilitation
- therapeutic relationship
- recidivism
- reintegration of sex offenders
- Safer Living Foundation
- dual-process cognition
- criminology
- forensic psychiatry
- sexual behaviour
Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Helen Elliott is a Lecturer in Counselling at Bishop Grosseteste University, UK. She has a background in forensic psychology and is a trainee integrative psychotherapist.
Kerensa Hocken is a registered forensic psychologist at HMPPS Whatton, UK. She has oversight for the assessment and treatment of people in prison for sexual offending in the Midlands region.
Rebecca Lievesley is a Lecturer in Forensic Psychology and member of the Sexual Offences, Crime and Misconduct Research Unit at Nottingham Trent University, UK.
Nicholas Blagden is a Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology. He is aChartered Psychologist and has worked and researched within the criminal justice system and HM Prison Service for many years.
Belinda Winder is Head of the Sexual Offences, Crime and Misconduct Research Unit at Nottingham Trent University, UK.
Phil Banyard is Associate in Psychology at Nottingham Trent University, UK. He was recently honoured with the British Psychological Society’s Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology Education.
Kerensa Hocken is a registered forensic psychologist at HMPPS Whatton, UK. She has oversight for the assessment and treatment of people in prison for sexual offending in the Midlands region.
Rebecca Lievesley is a Lecturer in Forensic Psychology and member of the Sexual Offences, Crime and Misconduct Research Unit at Nottingham Trent University, UK.
Nicholas Blagden is a Senior Lecturer in Forensic Psychology. He is aChartered Psychologist and has worked and researched within the criminal justice system and HM Prison Service for many years.
Belinda Winder is Head of the Sexual Offences, Crime and Misconduct Research Unit at Nottingham Trent University, UK.
Phil Banyard is Associate in Psychology at Nottingham Trent University, UK. He was recently honoured with the British Psychological Society’s Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology Education.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Sexual Crime and Circles of Support and Accountability
Editors: Helen Elliott, Kerensa Hocken, Rebecca Lievesley, Nicholas Blagden, Belinda Winder, Phil Banyard
Series Title: Sexual Crime
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74823-8
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Behavioral Science and Psychology, Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-74822-1Published: 12 June 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-09083-8Published: 08 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-74823-8Published: 31 May 2018
Series ISSN: 2628-8168
Series E-ISSN: 2628-8176
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIX, 210
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations
Topics: Forensic Psychology, Forensic Psychiatry, Criminology and Criminal Justice, general, Sexual Behavior