... implications Findings highlight the importance of refining SO-assessment guidelines and call for further research on protective factors in sexual violence prevention. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this research is the first to offer an insight regarding the validity...

... to prevent cycles of fire setting from the very first fire. The triggers for fire setting in prison suggest that a preventative approach to fire safety must go beyond physical measures and also address environmental factors. This includes staff−prisoner relationships, encourage the recognition of mental...

..., a patient may be secluded due to violent behavior and/or if they pose a threat to themselves or the environment. A person who is receiving involuntary psychiatric treatment in a hospital may also be secluded if the seriously disturbing behavior prevents the treatment of other patients or endangers...

...Julia Wilpert; Ellen Janssen Purpose This study aims to exploratively compare several characteristics of 330 offending and non-offending Dutch subjects, seeking advice/help from child sexual abuse (CSA) prevention helpline Stop it Now!-The Netherlands (SiN-NL). Design/methodology/approach...

... child sexual abuse preventatively and not reactively. Prevention Sexual offending Sexuality Child sexual abuse Minor attraction Paedophilia Sexual preference for children accounts for approximately a quarter to a half of child molestation offences (Seto, 2012), suggesting that many...

..., and also because of a lack of appropriate resources to support them, for example therapeutic interventions such as counselling (Appleby, 2006). A range of suicide prevention strategies has been developed in prisons, one of which is the Listener Scheme, in which volunteer prisoners are trained to provide...