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Abuse at the heart of the family: The challenges and complexities of sibling sexual abuse (2022)
Book Chapter
Yates, P., & Allardyce, S. (2022). Abuse at the heart of the family: The challenges and complexities of sibling sexual abuse. In K. Uzieblo, W. J. Smid, & K. McCartan (Eds.), Challenges in the Management of People Convicted of a Sexual Offence: A Way Forward (51-64). Cham, Switzerland: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80212-7_4

Sibling sexual abuse is estimated to be the most common form of intra-familial sexual abuse, yet remains an under-researched phenomenon. It raises challenges for practitioners to recognise the abuse and to balance the competing and often conflicting... Read More about Abuse at the heart of the family: The challenges and complexities of sibling sexual abuse.

Sibling sexual abuse: A knowledge and practice overview (2021)
Report
Yates, P., & Allardyce, S. (2021). Sibling sexual abuse: A knowledge and practice overview. London: Centre of Expertise on Child Sexual Abuse

This paper aims to provide an accessible resource to help professionals think through the issues and challenges raised by sibling sexual abuse. It presents an overview of the current research and practice knowledge and covers: ‣ sexual behaviour bet... Read More about Sibling sexual abuse: A knowledge and practice overview.

"It's Just the Abuse that Needs to Stop": Professional Framing of Sibling Relationships in a Grounded Theory Study of Social Worker Decision Making Following Sibling Sexual Behavior (2019)
Journal Article
Yates, P. (2019). "It's Just the Abuse that Needs to Stop": Professional Framing of Sibling Relationships in a Grounded Theory Study of Social Worker Decision Making Following Sibling Sexual Behavior. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 29(2), https://doi.org/10.1080/10538712.2019.1692399

Sibling abuse is a global problem, arguably the most prevalent form of family violence, and as harmful as other familial abuse. There is evidence internationally that sibling abuse often goes unrecognized or is minimized by professionals from educati... Read More about "It's Just the Abuse that Needs to Stop": Professional Framing of Sibling Relationships in a Grounded Theory Study of Social Worker Decision Making Following Sibling Sexual Behavior.

Child Advocacy Center intervention with sibling sexual abuse cases: Cross-cultural comparison of professionals’ perspectives and experiences (2019)
Journal Article
Tener, D., Newman, A., Yates, P., & Tarshish, N. (2020). Child Advocacy Center intervention with sibling sexual abuse cases: Cross-cultural comparison of professionals’ perspectives and experiences. Child Abuse and Neglect, 105, Article 104259. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.104259

Background Despite being a complex phenomenon with potentially significant short- and long-term consequences for all involved including siblings, parents and the family as a whole, sibling sexual abuse (SSA) has not received sufficient empirical and... Read More about Child Advocacy Center intervention with sibling sexual abuse cases: Cross-cultural comparison of professionals’ perspectives and experiences.

Integrating education for Allied Health Professionals and Social Work to meet the health and social care needs for tomorrow's Scottish population (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Anne McKay, E., James, K., Hislop, J., MacDonald, D., & Yates, P. (2019, July). Integrating education for Allied Health Professionals and Social Work to meet the health and social care needs for tomorrow's Scottish population. Poster presented at Occupational Therapy Australia 28th Conference & Exhibition, Sydney, NSW, Australia

Introduction: Integration of health and social care services in Scotland has been described as being the most significant change to health and social care provision since 1948 (Scottish Government, 2018). With a greater emphasis on joining up service... Read More about Integrating education for Allied Health Professionals and Social Work to meet the health and social care needs for tomorrow's Scottish population.

Development of an Integrated Curriculum for Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and Social Work Students in Scotland (2019)
Presentation / Conference
Hislop, J., MacDonald, D., Yates, P., James, K., McLelland, C., Hillen, P., …McKay, E. (2019, May). Development of an Integrated Curriculum for Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and Social Work Students in Scotland. Poster presented at World Confederation for Physical Therapy, Geneva, Switzerland

Background: The Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act (2014) came into effect in April 2016 bringing in integration of adult health and social care services in Scotland. This integration has been described as being the most significant change... Read More about Development of an Integrated Curriculum for Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy and Social Work Students in Scotland.

Making Integrated Health and Social Care Education a Reality: A Scottish Example (2018)
Presentation / Conference
McKay, E., James, K., Macdonald, D., Hislop, J., & Yates, P. (2018, October). Making Integrated Health and Social Care Education a Reality: A Scottish Example. Paper presented at 24th ENOTHE Annual Meeting 2018

Integration of health and social care services in Scotland has been described as being the most significant change to health and social care provision since 1948 (Scottish Government, 2018). With a greater emphasis on joining up services and focusing... Read More about Making Integrated Health and Social Care Education a Reality: A Scottish Example.

Working with children and young people who have displayed harmful sexual behaviour. (2018)
Book
Allardyce, S., & Yates, P. (2018). Working with children and young people who have displayed harmful sexual behaviour. Edinburgh: Dunedin Academic Press

‘At a time when a better-informed picture about the realities of child sexual abuse is urgently needed, this book provides a vital part of this complex jigsaw’ from the Foreword by Professor Simon Hackett. Approximately one third of child sexual a... Read More about Working with children and young people who have displayed harmful sexual behaviour..

'Siblings as better together': Social worker decision-making in cases involving sibling sexual behaviour (2017)
Journal Article
Yates, P. (2017). 'Siblings as better together': Social worker decision-making in cases involving sibling sexual behaviour. British Journal of Social Work, bcx018(1), 176-194. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcx018

Sibling abuse is arguably the most prevalent form of family violence (Meyers, 2014), with sibling sexual abuse more common than parental sexual abuse (Krienert and Walsh, 2011). However, research on social worker decision making has been limited to s... Read More about 'Siblings as better together': Social worker decision-making in cases involving sibling sexual behaviour.

"It's just the abuse that needs to stop": Social worker decision making regarding sibling living and contact arrangements in cases involving sibling sexual behaviour (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Yates, P. (2016, September). "It's just the abuse that needs to stop": Social worker decision making regarding sibling living and contact arrangements in cases involving sibling sexual behaviour. Paper presented at NOTA Annual Conference

Somewhere between a third and a half of sexual abuse perpetrated by children and young people involves siblings as victims (Hackett et al., 1998; Ryan 2010). Sibling sexual abuse often requires very difficult decisions to be made regarding whether or... Read More about "It's just the abuse that needs to stop": Social worker decision making regarding sibling living and contact arrangements in cases involving sibling sexual behaviour.

Social workers’ use of heuristics in risk assessment and decision making in cases involving sibling sexual abuse (2016)
Journal Article
Yates, P. (2016). Social workers’ use of heuristics in risk assessment and decision making in cases involving sibling sexual abuse. Forensische Psychiatrie und Psychotherpie, 23(Supp 1), 164

Between 1/3 and 1/2 of sexual abuse perpetrated by children and young people involves siblings as victims. The currently available risk assessment tools give this little consideration, and by offering only broad indications of the likelihood of re-of... Read More about Social workers’ use of heuristics in risk assessment and decision making in cases involving sibling sexual abuse.

Working with fathers of at-risk children: Insights from a qualitative process evaluation of an intensive group-based intervention (2016)
Journal Article
Scourfield, J., Allely, C., Coffey, A., & Yates, P. (2016). Working with fathers of at-risk children: Insights from a qualitative process evaluation of an intensive group-based intervention. Children and Youth Services Review, 69, 259-267. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2016.08.021

This article is based on qualitative research with fathers who attended Mellow Dads, an intensive ‘dads only’ group-based intervention underpinned by attachment theory for fathers of at-risk children. Specifically the article draws on data from a pro... Read More about Working with fathers of at-risk children: Insights from a qualitative process evaluation of an intensive group-based intervention.

Sibling sexual abuse: why don't we talk about it? (2016)
Journal Article
Yates, P. (2017). Sibling sexual abuse: why don't we talk about it?. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 26(15-16), 2482-2494. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.13531

Aims and objectives To explore two hypotheses for explaining why there is little written about sibling sexual abuse and to raise awareness of the subject in order better to protect children and to facilitate sensitive patient care. Background Whil... Read More about Sibling sexual abuse: why don't we talk about it?.

Social workers’ thinking processes in cases involving sexual behaviour between siblings (2016)
Presentation / Conference
Yates, P. (2016, January). Social workers’ thinking processes in cases involving sexual behaviour between siblings. Presented at Heart and Head: Messages from research and practice on supporting effective judgement in social work

Dr. Peter Yates, Lecturer in Child and Pubic Protection at Edinburgh Napier University, will present an overview of findings from his doctoral research examining social workers’ thinking processes through accounts of their decision making in cases in... Read More about Social workers’ thinking processes in cases involving sexual behaviour between siblings.

An independent process evaluation of Mellow Dads: Report for Mellow Parenting. (2014)
Report
Scourfield, J., Allely, C., & Yates, P. M. (2014). An independent process evaluation of Mellow Dads: Report for Mellow Parenting. Edinburgh, Scotland: University of Edinburgh

Mellow Dads is an adaptation of Mellow Parenting, which is a group-based intervention originally for mothers of children aged 0-5. It is primarily focused on improving father-child attachment in circumstances where family relationships are very diffi... Read More about An independent process evaluation of Mellow Dads: Report for Mellow Parenting..

Assessing risk of victim crossover with children and young people who display Harmful Sexual Behaviours. (2013)
Journal Article
Allardyce, S., & Yates, P. M. (2013). Assessing risk of victim crossover with children and young people who display Harmful Sexual Behaviours. Child Abuse Review, 22, 255-267. https://doi.org/10.1002/car.2277

Assessments of children and young people who display harmful sexual behaviours need to consider – at a broad level – the safety of other children at home, in the community and in the wider family. To date, issues of victim selection have been margina... Read More about Assessing risk of victim crossover with children and young people who display Harmful Sexual Behaviours..

Before, during, and after: Identity and the social construction of knowledge in qualitative research Interviews. (2013)
Journal Article
Yates, P. M. (2013). Before, during, and after: Identity and the social construction of knowledge in qualitative research Interviews. Hydra Interdisciplinary Journal of Social Studies, 1, 31-41

After outlining briefly some of the key ideas in symbolic interactionist theories of self, this article will reflect on the author’s experiences of interviews during a Research Interviews course and the impact of identity before, during and after the... Read More about Before, during, and after: Identity and the social construction of knowledge in qualitative research Interviews..

Children who display harmful sexual behaviour: Assessing the risks of boys abusing at home, in the community or across both settings (2012)
Journal Article
Yates, P. M., Allardyce, S., & MacQueen, S. (2012). Children who display harmful sexual behaviour: Assessing the risks of boys abusing at home, in the community or across both settings. Journal of Sexual Aggression, 18(1), 23-35. https://doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2011.634527

There has been no published research to date specifically on young people who sexually abuse in both family and community settings. This exploratory study looked at 34 young people displaying harmful sexual behaviour, and found that abusive sexual be... Read More about Children who display harmful sexual behaviour: Assessing the risks of boys abusing at home, in the community or across both settings.