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Towards safer organisations

Adults who pose a risk to children in the workplace and implications for recruitment and selection

By Marcus Erooga (July 2009)

Towards safer organisations: adults who pose a risk to children in the workplace and implications for recruitment and selection (PDF, 668KB) presents the key findings of a review of the literature on child abuse in organisations.

It aims to inform methods of recruitment in settings where staff or volunteers may come into contact with children. The study also draws on interviews with relevant professionals and a small sample of convicted child sex offenders.

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Towards safer organisations: adults who pose a risk to children in the workplace and implications for recruitment and selection (executive summary) (PDF, 136KB)

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Towards safer organisations: adults who pose a risk to children in the workplace and implications for recruitment and selection (PDF, 668KB)

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