Parents' knowledge, views and experiences of service responses to children's harmful sexual behaviours (HSB)
The study examines parents' knowledge, views and experiences of services systems’ responses to children's harmful sexual behaviours (HSB). This includes (a) education, (b) child protection, (c) health and therapeutic and (d) legal (police and courts) system responses to HSB.
Family environment and parent knowledge and experiences of systems responses to HSB are critical to access to, and engagement with, services.
The term ‘harmful sexual behaviours’ (HSB) denotes a continuum of sexual behaviours enacted “by children and young people under the age of 18 years old that are developmentally inappropriate, may be harmful to self or others, or that may be abusive to another child, young person or adult”.
The partner organisations are:
