School of Social Sciences, University of Tasmania, Room 517, Social Sciences Building, Churchill Avenue, Sandy Bay, Tasmania 7005, Australia.
Child Abuse Negl. 2018 Mar;77:85-98. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.12.016. Epub 2018 Jan 8.
To date, a predominant focus within the field of 'clerical collar crime' has revolved around institutional-level church responses to child sexual abuse events, survivors and offenders. Comparatively, little attention has been directed towards the micro-level and in particular, examining clerical responses to child sexual abuse. This article presents empirical findings concerning the 'everyday' child protective practices of Anglican clergy in the Diocese of Tasmania, Australia. Research data was acquired through open-ended qualitative interviews conducted with a sample of 34 clergy in a broader study of clerical culture, habitus and life amidst the 'church abuse crisis'. The framework of Situational Crime Prevention is employed to evaluate the feasibility of clergy's child-safe practices and comment on how these practices could be further altered through professional development. Research findings demonstrate that clergy possess an active awareness of risk, and execute a series of protective measures to minimise both sexual interactions with children and allegations of impropriety.
迄今为止，“神职人员犯罪”领域的主要关注点集中在教会对儿童性虐待事件、幸存者和犯罪者的机构层面反应上。相比之下，很少有人关注微观层面，特别是审查神职人员对儿童性虐待的反应。本文介绍了有关澳大利亚塔斯马尼亚教区英国圣公会神职人员“日常”儿童保护实践的实证研究结果。研究数据是通过对 34 名神职人员进行的开放式定性访谈获得的，这是对神职人员文化、习惯和“教会虐待危机”中生活的更广泛研究的一部分。情境犯罪预防框架被用来评估神职人员儿童安全实践的可行性，并评论如何通过专业发展进一步改变这些实践。研究结果表明，神职人员对风险有积极的认识，并采取一系列保护措施，尽量减少与儿童的性接触和不当行为的指控。
