The Purpose of this Website
This website has been prepared as a contribution to the goal of reducing the incidence of adults (mostly men) sexually abusing children.
It has the potential to be shared with members of the community in a variety of formats, and adds another prong to the goal of prevention, but differs in that it transfers responsibility back onto adults.
In the short term, responsibility for reducing the incidence of abuse is passed onto offenders and prospective offenders. In the longer term, prevention will be favoured by an understanding within the community that improved parenting practices are necessary to reduce the emotional vulnerabilities in children that increase their motivation and risk of becoming adolescent and/or adult abusers.
This website offers information to promote understanding of the main factors that contribute to the sexual victimisation of children so that more people who at risk of offending, or who may have started offending, will be encouraged to stop, and to seek professional help and support. It also offers suggestions for what we must do as a community to reduce the incidence of child sex abuse in the longer term.