Does grooming facilitate the development of Stockholm syndrome? : the social work practice implications

Jülich, Shirley J.

Does grooming facilitate the development of Stockholm syndrome? : the social work practice implications Shirley J. Jülich and Eileen B. Oak - Aotearoa New Zealand Association of Social Workers 2016 - Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work .

Aotearoa New Zealand Social Work, 2016, 28(3): 4-14. Open access.

"This article focuses on the problem of risk instrumentalism in social work and the way it can erode the relationship-based nature of practice and with it, the kinds of critical reflexivity required for remedial interventions to keep children safe.

METHOD: By exploring the relationship between the process of grooming and the condition known as Stockholm syndrome, the article seeks to address this problem by offering some concepts to inform a critical understanding of case dynamics in the sexual abuse of children which can explain the reluctance of victim-survivors to disclose." (From the abstract). Record #5248


CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
DISCLOSURE
RISK ASSESSMENT
SOCIAL WORK PRACTICE


NEW ZEALAND