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Professor Simon Hackett's Outputs (4)

Female sex offenders who abuse children whilst working in organisational settings: offending, conviction and sentencing (2018)
Journal Article
Darling, A., Hackett, S., & Jamie, K. (2018). Female sex offenders who abuse children whilst working in organisational settings: offending, conviction and sentencing. Journal of Sexual Aggression, 24(2), 195-213. https://doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2018.1476601

To date, there has been very little research into the phenomenon of female-perpetrated institutional child sexual abuse (CSA). This study explored 71 cases of CSA perpetrated by women working with children, considered by UK police and courts between... Read More about Female sex offenders who abuse children whilst working in organisational settings: offending, conviction and sentencing.

Young people who display harmful sexual behaviors and their families: A qualitative systematic review of their experiences of professional interventions (2018)
Journal Article
Campbell, F., Booth, A., Hackett, S., & Sutton, A. (2020). Young people who display harmful sexual behaviors and their families: A qualitative systematic review of their experiences of professional interventions. Trauma, Violence, and Abuse, 21(3), 456-469. https://doi.org/10.1177/1524838018770414

It is estimated that 30–50% of all childhood sexual abuse involves other young people as perpetrators. The treatment of harmful sexual behavior (HSB) in young people has evolved from interventions developed for use with adult perpetrators of sexual o... Read More about Young people who display harmful sexual behaviors and their families: A qualitative systematic review of their experiences of professional interventions.

Young people who engage in child sexual exploitation behaviours. An exploratory study (2018)
Report
Hackett, S., & Smith, S. (2018). Young people who engage in child sexual exploitation behaviours. An exploratory study. [No known commissioning body]

Despite increasing awareness of child sexual exploitation (CSE) across the UK in recent years, there remain gaps in current knowledge and understanding – including in relation to young people who perpetrate acts of CSE. In contrast to the wider resea... Read More about Young people who engage in child sexual exploitation behaviours. An exploratory study.