Sexual Murderers

Proulx, Jean; James, Jonathan; Higgs, Tamsin

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“…desistence, risk/needs/responsibility and strength-based approaches) have not been applied to SSB the way that they have with other special populations (i.e. females who offend, young people who sexually harm, individuals with a mental illness or intellectual inability who sexually harm] [ 9 , 10 ]. The logic being that we are at the start of developing our evidence base around SSB and do not know the medium- and long-term implications on either sets of siblings (i.e.…”

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“…Historically, up to the start of the twenty-first century, clinical and academic discussions focussed on ‘sibling incest’, a concept that typically minimises the harm caused by SSA [ 8 ]. This poses a challenge when developing evidence-based responses to this issue as the historical evidence base in relation to SSB is not as robust as that in other areas of sexual abuse (i.e., risk assessment, treatment, reintegration) [ 9 , 10 ]. This means that policy and practice development is happening in parallel with an evolving evidence base.…”

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Reviewing the Evidence on Sibling Sexual Behaviour: Impact on Research, Policy and Practice

McCartan,

King-Hill,

Allardyce

2024

Curr Psychiatry Rep

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Purpose of Review This paper reviews recent research into sibling sexual behaviour (SSB). This is an emerging professional and community issue that binds together a limited evidence base across research, practice and policy in psychology, criminology, politics, social work and policy studies. The review will demonstrate that a multi-disciplinary, life course, family system approach is the most effective way of starting to develop interventions to prevent and respond to this issue. Recent Findings SSB has previously been researched as a form of intrafamilial abuse or sibling incest. As a result of this SSB is poorly and inconsistently defined as a concept, meaning that research, practice and policy are sometimes at odds with each other and need to pull together to develop a cohesive framing of the issue. This means that a lot of older research needs to be contextualised in new emerging frames of thinking and ways of working. Current research emphasises the importance of understanding the role of the family system in creating conditions where SSB can occur and its central role in preventing and stopping it from occurring. The research also stresses the importance of professionals understanding the family context of SSB and has the confidence to identify and work proactively with families in a multi-agency and cross-disciplinary way. Summary The prevention of, and response to, SSB requires a multi-level, multi-disciplinary approach. Successful prevention of and response to SSB are as much about the family system as it is about the attitudes, behaviours and experiences of the siblings impacted by the abuse.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reviewing the Evidence on Sibling Sexual Behaviour: Impact on Research, Policy and Practice

McCartan,

King-Hill,

Allardyce

2024

Curr Psychiatry Rep

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The “depraved killers” penalty: a commentary on the 2023 UK sentencing changes to individuals charged with sexually motivated or sadistic murders

Hammond,

Thatcher,

Fido

2024

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Purpose British Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, recently introduced a “whole life order” sentence in response to sexually motivated or sadistic homicide offences (Gov.uk, 2023). Effectively, this condemns the recipient to the remainder of their life in incarceration and renders rehabilitative interventions redundant. The purpose of this paper is to explore the literature pertaining to public pedagogy, definitions and convictions, and rehabilitative interventions – all in relation to those considered to have committed sexuallymotivated or sadistic murders, with emphasis on the implications of such. Design/methodology/approach Through this commentary, this paper explores the following points in line with existing literature: (a) public knowledge of the criminal justice system and those who have committed homicide offences, (b) the manner of defining and convicting sexually motivated and sadistic murders and (c) current access to rehabilitation intervention programmes. Findings This paper closes by recommending future research initiatives to deliver forensic-specific education for the general public as well as qualitative studies into the discourse around retribution to enable a conjunction between public concern and academic underpinning. Wider implications concerning public understandings, convictions, rehabilitations and politics are discussed. Originality/value To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first paper that explores the practical and theoretical implications of imposing a whole life order on those charged with sadistic or sexual-motivated murders.

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Sexual Murderers

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Reviewing the Evidence on Sibling Sexual Behaviour: Impact on Research, Policy and Practice

Reviewing the Evidence on Sibling Sexual Behaviour: Impact on Research, Policy and Practice

The “depraved killers” penalty: a commentary on the 2023 UK sentencing changes to individuals charged with sexually motivated or sadistic murders

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