Carol McNaughton Nicholls – The Conversation

Men and boys’ vulnerability to exploitation is just beginning to be understood. Reece with a C

August 27, 2014

How sexual exploitation of men and boys is overlooked and dismissed – new research

Carol McNaughton Nicholls, National Centre for Social Research

Sexual abuse of children has been in the news in recent months; the coverage of a devastating report on the abuse of at least 1,400 children in Rotherham over a number of years, in the face of official…

People need to be able to talk about their urges to commit child sexual abuse. Fiona Hanson/PA Wire

May 15, 2014

Breaking the taboo: will we ever really be able to talk about child sexual abuse?

Carol McNaughton Nicholls, National Centre for Social Research

With the media once again full of stories of a celebrity facing accusations of committing historical child sexual abuse, it is important that we keep sight of the risks young people face today and of realistic…

Women in Poland stand up against violence. EPA/Bartolomiej Zborowski

March 6, 2014

The pitfalls of measuring violence against women

Carol McNaughton Nicholls, National Centre for Social Research

It was simultaneously heartening and dispiriting to see the release of a survey by the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) on the prevalence of violence against women in Europe. Dispiriting…

There’s more to fighting sexual abuse than prisons. shutterstock

January 17, 2014

Preventing sexual abuse is a public health issue

Carol McNaughton Nicholls, National Centre for Social Research and Stephen Webster, National Centre for Social Research

We are in a time when the focus on allegations of sexual abuse is intense. Accurate and comprehensive statistics on the prevalence of sexual abuse remain elusive, but the figures that do exist indicate…

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