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Professionals’ Perspectives on Viewing Child Sexual Abuse Images to Improve Response to Victims
Author(s) -
Slane Andrea,
Martin Jennifer,
Rimer Jonah R.,
Eke Angela W.,
Sinclair Roberta,
Charles Grant,
Quayle Ethel
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
canadian review of sociology/revue canadienne de sociologie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.414
H-Index - 35
eISSN - 1755-618X
pISSN - 1755-6171
DOI - 10.1111/cars.12223
Subject(s) - child sexual abuse , sexual abuse , psychology , child abuse , law enforcement , phenomenon , mental health , health professionals , child protection , discipline , medical education , medicine , poison control , suicide prevention , psychiatry , nursing , medical emergency , political science , health care , physics , quantum mechanics , law
The complexity of the phenomenon of child sexual abuse images online (CSAIO) benefits from cross‐disciplinary collaboration across law enforcement, child protection, and children's mental health. Through focus groups with professionals working in these fields, this article focuses on when and whether professionals who work with child sexual abuse cases should be exposed to viewing CSAIO and if so under what circumstances doing so would benefit investigations and support services for victims. In a broader sense, this article is about professional experience, decision making, training, and collaboration around a particularly difficult professional experience, namely exposure to viewing CSAIO.