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Common cause
- Author:
- BROWN Hilary
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 13.11.97, 1997, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author looks at the issue of the discrimination faced by people with learning difficulties in the justice system, and places it within a wider context of social prejudice and oppression.
Not such an 'ordinary' relationship: the role of women support staff in relation to men with learning disabilities who have difficult sexual behavior
- Authors:
- THOMPSON David, CLARE Isabel, BROWN Hilary
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 12(4), September 1997, pp.573-592.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Brings together preliminary data on the management of men with learning disabilities who have unacceptable/abusive sexual behaviour patterns with a small pilot study which specifically explores the roles of women support workers in relation to difficult sexual behaviour. The studies explore with staff the boundaries of what is considered acceptable sexual behaviour and how breaches of these are responded to within services.
The ethics of research with men who have learning disabilities and abusive sexual behaviour: a minefield in a vacuum
- Authors:
- BROWN Hilary, THOMPSON David
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 12(5), November 1997, pp.695-707.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
In the wake of the recent awareness of the sexual abuse of people with learning disabilities is the recognition that a small number of men with learning disabilities are themselves sexually abusing. The need to understand the men's behaviour and provide effective responses is pressing yet the search for an ethical course of enquiry appears illusory. Explores in depth these dilemmas and describes the authors' attempts to resolve them as they attempted to devise a protocol for consent to involvement in a qualitative study of men with learning disabilities who sexually abuse.
HIV and learning disability
- Editors:
- CAMBRIDGE Paul, BROWN Hilary
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 1997
- Pagination:
- 194p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Kidderminster
Aims to provide essential reference material for people working in the field of HIV and learning disability. Includes chapters on: assessing and responding to local needs; facts about HIV transmission and treatment; HIV prevention and health promotion; a provider perspective; safer sex work with men with learning difficulties who have sex with men; HIV and heterosexual men; the role of therapy in sexual health; safer sex training for peer educators; sex education for students with severe learning difficulties; HIV, learning difficulties and the law; and policies and their contribution to coherent decision making.
Service responses to men with intellectual disabilities who have unacceptable or abusive sexual behaviours: the case against inaction
- Authors:
- BROWN Hilary, THOMPSON David
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 10(2), 1997, pp.176-197.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Describes service responses to a small group of men with intellectual disabilities whose sexual behaviour was considered to be unacceptable or abusive. The data was gathered through a small-scale action research project using case studies to explore current practice and staff attitudes. Results found that service responses were hindered by unclear definitions of abusive sexual behaviour and inconsistent perceptions of risk. They were also characterised by poor coordination, lack of specific care-planning, failure to agree to appropriate additional supervisory measures and lack of clarity within and between agencies. Also found that complex ethical and advocacy issues remained unaddressed in these men's lives as did the necessity of protecting vulnerable people who might be potential victims of their behaviour.
Men with intellectual disabilities who sexually abuse: a review of the literature
- Authors:
- THOMPSON David, BROWN Hilary
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 10(2), 1997, pp.140-158.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Trailing behind the recent acknowledgement of the high incidence of sexual abuse amongst people with intellectual disabilities is a recognition of men with intellectual disabilities as perpetrators of sexual abuse. This article reviews the North American, Australian and British literature published in this area. It demonstrates that both theoretical understandings and clinical interventions with men with intellectual disabilities are often discordant with wider perspectives of work with sexual abusers. The effect of this is shown to be common discriminatory practice received by men with intellectual disabilities which at times shows poor regard for their rights.