Strategic Approaches to Community Safety Initiative (SACSI) Research Partnership in Detroit, Michigan, 1999-2003

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy S. Bynum
Keyword(s):  
Community Safety ◽  
Research Partnership ◽  
Safety Initiative

Responding to adolescents in Queensland who sexually offend

2000 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 135-139 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ian Nisbet
Keyword(s):  
Significant Proportion ◽  
Forensic Assessment ◽  
Intervention Programs ◽  
Community Safety ◽  
Sexual Offences ◽  
Sexual Crimes ◽  
Assessment And Treatment ◽  
Treatment Centre ◽  
Safety Initiative ◽  
Treatment Philosophy

AbstractAs our society becomes increasingly aware of the alarmingly high rates of sexual crimes in the community, it is also “facing up to” the unpleasant truth that adolescents perpetrate a significant proportion of these crimes. During the last 20 years, there has been a trend toward the provision of early intervention programs for adolescents who have committed sexual offences.The most recent of these programs in Australia is the Griffith Adolescent Forensic Assessment and Treatment Centre. The centre is a joint initiative of Grifith University and the Queensland Department of Families. The program is a community safety initiative aimed at reducing the level of sexual assault in the community through effective intervention and supervision ofyoung people who hove committed sexual offences. This article describes the program, the treatment philosophy thot underpins it, and the potential that the program has for research into this disturbing and complex phenomenon.

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