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The sexual abuse of people with learning difficulties: do we need a social model approach to vulnerability?

The sexual abuse of people with learning difficulties: do we need a social model approach to... Many factors have been identified as being responsible for increasing the vulnerability of people with learning difficulties to sexual abuse. However, there has not been a great deal of debate about the term ‘vulnerability’. Here, an argument is developed that puts forward the case for a social model approach to understanding vulnerability, which avoids a focus on victim characteristics. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The Journal of Adult Protection Emerald Publishing

The sexual abuse of people with learning difficulties: do we need a social model approach to vulnerability?

The Journal of Adult Protection , Volume 5 (3): 14 – Sep 1, 2003

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Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Copyright
Copyright © 2003 MCB UP Ltd. All rights reserved.
ISSN
1466-8203
DOI
10.1108/14668203200300021
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Abstract

Many factors have been identified as being responsible for increasing the vulnerability of people with learning difficulties to sexual abuse. However, there has not been a great deal of debate about the term ‘vulnerability’. Here, an argument is developed that puts forward the case for a social model approach to understanding vulnerability, which avoids a focus on victim characteristics.

Journal

The Journal of Adult ProtectionEmerald Publishing

Published: Sep 1, 2003

Keywords: Sexual abuse; People with learning difficulties; Vulnerability; Social model of disability

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