Professor Carlene Firmin's Outputs (42)

Keeping children safe? Advancing social care assessments to address harmful sexual behaviour in schools (2020)
Journal Article
Lloyd, J., Walker, J., & Firmin, C. (2020). Keeping children safe? Advancing social care assessments to address harmful sexual behaviour in schools. Child & Family Social Work, 25(4), 751-760. https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12751

Child Protection and Contexts of Recognition (2020)
Journal Article
Firmin, C. (2020). Child Protection and Contexts of Recognition. Child Abuse Review, 29(2), 91-96. https://doi.org/10.1002/car.2616

School rules of (sexual) engagement: government, staff and student contributions to the norms of peer sexual-abuse in seven UK schools (2020)
Journal Article
Firmin, C. (2020). School rules of (sexual) engagement: government, staff and student contributions to the norms of peer sexual-abuse in seven UK schools. Journal of Sexual Aggression, 26(3), 289-301. https://doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2019.1618934

No Further Action: Contextualising Social Care Decisions for Children Victimised in Extra-Familial Settings (2020)
Journal Article
Lloyd, J., & Firmin, C. (2020). No Further Action: Contextualising Social Care Decisions for Children Victimised in Extra-Familial Settings. Youth Justice, 20(1-2), 79-92. https://doi.org/10.1177/1473225419893789

Two Roads, One Destination: Community and Organizational Mechanisms for Contextualizing Child Abuse Prevention in Australia and the UK (2020)
Journal Article
Firmin, C., & Rayment-McHugh, S. (2020). Two Roads, One Destination: Community and Organizational Mechanisms for Contextualizing Child Abuse Prevention in Australia and the UK. International Journal on Child Maltreatment, 3(2), https://doi.org/10.1007/s42448-020-00049-3

From genograms to peer group mapping: Introducing peer relationships into social work assessment and intervention (2019)
Journal Article
Firmin, C. (2019). From genograms to peer group mapping: Introducing peer relationships into social work assessment and intervention. Families, Relationships and Societies, 8(2), 231-248. https://doi.org/10.1332/204674317x15088482907590

Beyond referrals: levers for addressing harmful sexual behaviours between students at school in England (2019)
Journal Article
Firmin, C., Lloyd, J., & Walker, J. (2019). Beyond referrals: levers for addressing harmful sexual behaviours between students at school in England. International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 32(10), 1229-1249. https://doi.org/10.1080/09518398.2019.1659442

Contextual Safeguarding: Theorising the contexts of child protection and peer-abuse. (2019)
Book Chapter
Firmin, C. (2019). Contextual Safeguarding: Theorising the contexts of child protection and peer-abuse. In J. Pearce (Ed.), Child Sexual Exploitation: Why Theory Matters (63-86). Policy Press

Relocation, relocation, relocation: home and school-moves for children affected extra-familial risks during adolescence (2019)
Journal Article
Firmin, C. (2022). Relocation, relocation, relocation: home and school-moves for children affected extra-familial risks during adolescence. Children's Geographies, 20(5), 523-535. https://doi.org/10.1080/14733285.2019.1598545

From sexual exploitation and serious youth violence, to recruitment into drugs trafficking lines, young people encounter a range of risks in their neighbourhoods. Safeguarding partnerships in England face a practical challenge in addressing these ‘pu... Read More about Relocation, relocation, relocation: home and school-moves for children affected extra-familial risks during adolescence.

Contextualizing case reviews: A methodology for developing systemic safeguarding practices (2018)
Journal Article
Firmin, C. (2018). Contextualizing case reviews: A methodology for developing systemic safeguarding practices. https://doi.org/10.1111/cfs.12382

Contextual Risk, Individualised Responses: An Assessment of Safeguarding Responses to Nine Cases of Peer-on-Peer Abuse (2018)
Journal Article
Firmin, C. (2018). Contextual Risk, Individualised Responses: An Assessment of Safeguarding Responses to Nine Cases of Peer-on-Peer Abuse. Child Abuse Review, 27(1), 42-57. https://doi.org/10.1002/car.2449

A route to safety: Using bus boarding data to identify roles for transport providers within contextual safeguarding systems (2018)
Journal Article
Firmin, C., & Abbott, M. (2018). A route to safety: Using bus boarding data to identify roles for transport providers within contextual safeguarding systems. Children & Society, 32(5), 381-392. https://doi.org/10.1111/chso.12267

Profiling CSE: Building a contextual picture of a local problem (2017)
Book Chapter
Firmin, C., & Hancock, D. (2017). Profiling CSE: Building a contextual picture of a local problem. . https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315231945

Abuse Between Young People: A Contextual Account (2017)
Book
Firmin, C. (2017). Abuse Between Young People: A Contextual Account. Routledge

Sexual exploitation and its impact on developing sexualities and sexual relationships: The need for contextual social work interventions (2016)
Journal Article
Firmin, C., Warrington, C., & Pearce, J. (2016). Sexual exploitation and its impact on developing sexualities and sexual relationships: The need for contextual social work interventions. The British Journal of Social Work, 46(8), 2318-2337. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcw134

Living in Gang Affected Neighbourhoods (2016)
Book Chapter
Firmin, C., & Pearce, J. (2016). Living in Gang Affected Neighbourhoods. In C. Bernard, & P. Harris (Eds.), Safeguarding Black Children: Good Practice in Children Protection (76-91). Jessica Kingsley Publishers

Child sexual exploitation (2014)
Book Chapter
Firmin, C., & Beckett, H. (2014). Child sexual exploitation. In M. Dalton (Ed.), Forensic Gynaecology: Advanced Skills Series (136-141). Cambridge Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/cbo9781107585812.018

MsUnderstood: The benefits of engaging young women in antiviolence work (2014)
Book Chapter
Firmin, C. (2014). MsUnderstood: The benefits of engaging young women in antiviolence work. In J. Ellis, & R. Thiara (Eds.), Working with children and young people to address violence against women and girls: lessons for policy and practice (205-224). Polity Press

Busting the ‘gang-rape’ myth: Girls’ victimisation and agency in gang-associated sexual violence (2013)
Book Chapter
Firmin, C. (2013). Busting the ‘gang-rape’ myth: Girls’ victimisation and agency in gang-associated sexual violence. In M. Horvath, & J. Woodhams (Eds.), Handbook on the Study of Multiple Perpetrator Rape: A multidisciplinary response to an international problem (97-115). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203083406-7

Criminal gangs, male-dominated services and the women and girls who fall through the gaps (2013)
Book Chapter
Firmin, C. (2013). Criminal gangs, male-dominated services and the women and girls who fall through the gaps. In Y. Rehman, L. Kelly, & H. Sidqiqui (Eds.), Moving in the Shadows: Violence in the lives of Minority Women and Children (127-140). Ashgate Publishing