What practical steps can reduce child abuse? The authors of this provocative work argue that child sex offending is strongly influenced by opportunities to offend, and that analyzing the environmental contexts of offending may offer new insights into preventing the behavior.
Richard Wortley is professor of criminology and criminal justice at Griffith University. Stephen Smallbone is professor of criminology and criminal justice at Griffith University.
"This book is a welcome effort to achieving a rapport between traditionally separate approaches to preventing one of society's most hated crimes. A must-read for both behavioural and situational separatists, criminologists and crime-scientists alike."—Paul Kiff, British Society of Criminology
"This book does not pretend to have all the answers... but does present a model that is very useful for anybody working in the area. It . . . should be in the library of all practitioners, researchers and teachers."—Graham D. Glancy, Victims and Offenders
