TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose Increasing numbers of convictions for the use of child sexual exploitation material (CSEM) call for enhanced measures to prevent this type of offending. Strength-based approaches such as the good lives model have made significant contributions to the management of offenders who have sexually abused against children. The paper aims to discuss these issues.Design/methodology/approach The present study explored the application of these models to the rehabilitation and desistance behaviour of CSEM users, based on a thematic analysis of the self-managed desistance strategies employed by 26 offenders.Findings The findings confirmed the value of strength-based approaches in understanding self-management strategies used to enhance desistance behaviour in CSEM users.Research limitations/implications The empirical and theoretical findings were then combined into a conceptual framework aimed to enhance preventative efforts and interventions targeted at undetected CSEM users.Originality/value This paper provides the first conceptual and empirical model of prevention and desistance behaviour specific to CSEM offending.
VL  - 7
IS  - 3
SN  - 2009-3829
DO  - 10.1108/JCP-10-2016-0035
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/JCP-10-2016-0035
AU  - Merdian Hannah
AU  - Kettleborough Danielle
AU  - McCartan Kieran
AU  - Perkins Derek E.
PY  - 2017
Y1  - 2017/01/01
TI  - Strength-based approaches to online child sexual abuse: using self-management strategies to enhance desistance behaviour in users of child sexual exploitation material
T2  - Journal of Criminal Psychology
PB  - Emerald Publishing Limited
SP  - 182
EP  - 191
Y2  - 2024/04/24
ER  -