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Applied Restorative Justice as a Complement to Systemic Family Therapy: Theory and Practice Implications for Families Experiencing Intra-Familial Adolescent Sibling Incest

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 March 2012

Elizabeth McNevin*
Affiliation:
Mater Family and Youth Counselling Service, Child Protextion Unit, Mater Children's Hospital, Brisbane.elizabeth.mcnevin@mater.org.au
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*Address for correspondence: Elizabeth McNevin, PO Box 8218 Woolloongabba, QLD 4102, Australia.
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Abstract

This article considers the impact on and therapeutic responses to families where there has been intra-familial sexual assault (IFSA) by an adolescent member of the family against another younger member of the family. In doing so, the article will specifically highlight the nexus between systemic family therapy ideas and an applied restorative justice response in the form of Youth Justice Conferencing (YJC), as experienced through working as a family therapist in the area of adolescent sexual offending.

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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2010

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