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Child Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church

How Situational Crime Prevention Strategies Can Help Create Safe Environments

Karen J. Terry

John Jay College of Criminal Justice, kterry{at}jjay.cuny.edu

Alissa Ackerman

City University of New York Graduate Center

Research on child sexual abuse often focuses on offenders, particularly on explanations of the etiology and maintenance of their abusive behavior. A recent study by Smallbone and Wortley suggests, however, that research should also focus on the situation in which the sexual abuse occurs. This article employs the situational crime prevention (SCP) framework that they used to study child sexual abusers in Queensland to study patterns of abuse by Catholic priests. Results from the study on the nature and scope of child sexual abuse by Catholic priests support the assertions by Smallbone and Wortley that there is a situational component to sexually abusive behavior. The discussion outlines the steps taken by the Catholic Church as well as other SCP techniques that could be employed to create safe environments.

Key Words: situational crime prevention • sexual abuse • priests

Criminal Justice and Behavior, Vol. 35, No. 5, 643-657 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0093854808314469
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