Interrogating the deployment of ‘risk’ and ‘vulnerability’ in the context of early intervention initiatives to prevent child sexual exploitation

IF 1.8 4区医学 Q3 PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Health Risk & Society Pub Date : 2022-12-02 DOI:10.1080/13698575.2022.2150750

Gabe Mythen, S. Weston

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Abstract

Abstract This article draws on data collected from a qualitative study designed to assess the effectiveness of an early intervention programme aimed to raise awareness of Child Sexual Exploitation (CSE) among young people. The programme was implemented by a large police force area, referred to as Shireland. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with practitioners implementing safeguarding policies within the police service, youth and social welfare work designed to support young people, we focus on the mobilisation of perceptions of risk and vulnerability as they translate in professional practice via a specific preventative initiative. More specifically, we wish to examine the extent to which blurring occurs between constructions of ‘risk’ and ‘vulnerability’ in relation to practitioners’ understandings of the dangerousness of young people’s behaviour. In our analysis, we draw attention to a palpable tension apparent in the interview narratives of those involved in delivering the programme, between expressed understandings which on the one hand universalise vulnerability and, on the other, extricate specific risk factors.

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在预防儿童性剥削的早期干预举措的背景下，对“风险”和“脆弱性”的部署进行调查

摘要本文利用一项定性研究收集的数据，旨在评估旨在提高年轻人对儿童性剥削(CSE)意识的早期干预计划的有效性。该方案由一个被称为Shireland的大型警察部队地区执行。通过对在警察服务、青年和旨在支持年轻人的社会福利工作中实施保障政策的从业人员进行半结构化访谈，我们将重点放在通过具体的预防措施动员对风险和脆弱性的认识，并将其转化为专业实践。更具体地说，我们希望研究在从业人员对年轻人行为危险性的理解中，“风险”和“脆弱性”的结构之间出现模糊的程度。在我们的分析中，我们提请注意在参与提供方案的人的采访叙述中明显存在的紧张关系，一方面表达了普遍的脆弱性的理解，另一方面，消除了具体的风险因素。

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期刊介绍： Health Risk & Society is an international scholarly journal devoted to a theoretical and empirical understanding of the social processes which influence the ways in which health risks are taken, communicated, assessed and managed. Public awareness of risk is associated with the development of high profile media debates about specific risks. Although risk issues arise in a variety of areas, such as technological usage and the environment, they are particularly evident in health. Not only is health a major issue of personal and collective concern, but failure to effectively assess and manage risk is likely to result in health problems.