"It's Just the Abuse that Needs to Stop": Professional Framing of Sibling Relationships in a Grounded Theory Study of Social Worker Decision Making Following Sibling Sexual Behavior
Journal Article
Yates, P. (2019)
"It's Just the Abuse that Needs to Stop": Professional Framing of Sibling Relationships in a Grounded Theory Study of Social Worker Decision Making Following Sibling Sexual Behavior. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 29(2), https://doi.org/10.1080/10538712.2019.1692399
Sibling abuse is a global problem, arguably the most prevalent form of family violence, and as harmful as other familial abuse. There is evidence internationally that sibling ...
Child Advocacy Center intervention with sibling sexual abuse cases: Cross-cultural comparison of professionals’ perspectives and experiences
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Tener, D., Newman, A., Yates, P., & Tarshish, N. (2020)
Child Advocacy Center intervention with sibling sexual abuse cases: Cross-cultural comparison of professionals’ perspectives and experiences. Child Abuse and Neglect, 105, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.104259
Background
Despite being a complex phenomenon with potentially significant short- and long-term consequences for all involved including siblings, parents and the family as a w...
'Siblings as better together': Social worker decision-making in cases involving sibling sexual behaviour
Journal Article
Yates, P. (2017)
'Siblings as better together': Social worker decision-making in cases involving sibling sexual behaviour. British Journal of Social Work, bcx018(1), 176-194. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcx018
Sibling abuse is arguably the most prevalent form of family violence (Meyers, 2014), with sibling sexual abuse more common than parental sexual abuse (Krienert and Walsh, 2011...
Social workers’ use of heuristics in risk assessment and decision making in cases involving sibling sexual abuse
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Yates, P. (2016)
Social workers’ use of heuristics in risk assessment and decision making in cases involving sibling sexual abuse. Forensische Psychiatrie und Psychotherpie, 23(Supp 1), 164
Between 1/3 and 1/2 of sexual abuse perpetrated by children and young people involves siblings as victims. The currently available risk assessment tools give this little consi...
Working with fathers of at-risk children: Insights from a qualitative process evaluation of an intensive group-based intervention
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Scourfield, J., Allely, C., Coffey, A., & Yates, P. (2016)
Working with fathers of at-risk children: Insights from a qualitative process evaluation of an intensive group-based intervention. Children and Youth Services Review, 69, 259-267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.08.021
This article is based on qualitative research with fathers who attended Mellow Dads, an intensive ‘dads only’ group-based intervention underpinned by attachment theory for fat...
Sibling sexual abuse: why don't we talk about it?
Journal Article
Yates, P. (2017)
Sibling sexual abuse: why don't we talk about it?. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 26(15-16), 2482-2494. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.13531
Aims and objectives
To explore two hypotheses for explaining why there is little written about sibling sexual abuse and to raise awareness of the subject in order better to pr...
Before, during, and after: Identity and the social construction of knowledge in qualitative research Interviews.
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Yates, P. M. (2013)
Before, during, and after: Identity and the social construction of knowledge in qualitative research Interviews. Hydra Interdisciplinary Journal of Social Studies, 1, 31-41
After outlining briefly some of the key ideas in symbolic interactionist theories of self, this article will reflect on the author’s experiences of interviews during a Researc...
Assessing risk of victim crossover with children and young people who display Harmful Sexual Behaviours.
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Allardyce, S., & Yates, P. M. (2013)
Assessing risk of victim crossover with children and young people who display Harmful Sexual Behaviours. Child Abuse Review, 22, 255-267. https://doi.org/10.1002/car.2277
Assessments of children and young people who display harmful sexual behaviours need to consider – at a broad level – the safety of other children at home, in the community and...
Children who display harmful sexual behaviour: Assessing the risks of boys abusing at home, in the community or across both settings
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Yates, P. M., Allardyce, S., & MacQueen, S. (2012)
Children who display harmful sexual behaviour: Assessing the risks of boys abusing at home, in the community or across both settings. Journal of Sexual Aggression, 18(1), 23-35. https://doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2011.634527
There has been no published research to date specifically on young people who sexually abuse in both family and community settings. This exploratory study looked at 34 young p...