Research Projects

Professor Simon Hackett - all publications

Books: authored

• Hackett, S. (2004). What works for children and young people with harmful sexual behaviours?. Barkingside: Barnardo's.
• Hackett, S. (2001). Facing the Future. A guide for parents of young people who have sexually abused. Lyme Regis: Russell House Publishing.

Books: edited

• Calder, M. & Hackett, S. (2003). Assessment in Child Care. Using and developing frameworks for practice. Lyme Regis: Russell House Publishing.

Books: sections

• Hackett, S. (2012). The place that theory plays in child protection social work. In Social Work with Children and Families. Davies, M. Palgrave MacMillan. 121-134.
• Hackett, S. (2010). Children, young people and sexual violence. In Children Behaving Badly: Exploring peer violence between children and young people. Barter, C. & Berridge, D. London: Blackwell Wiley.
• Hackett, S. & Taylor, A. (2008). School Responses to Children with Harmful Sexual Behaviours. In Safeguarding Children and Schools. Baginsky, M. London: Jessica Kingsley.
• Hackett, S. (2007). Just how different are they? Diversity and the treatment of young people with harmful sexual behaviours. In Children and young people who sexually abuse: taking the field forward. Calder, M. Lyme Regis: Russell House Publishing.
• Hackett, S. (2006). A resilience based approach to young people who have sexually abused others. In Children and Young People who Sexually Abused Others: Challenges and Responses. Erooga, M. & Masson, H. London: Brunner Routledge.
• Hackett, S. (2006). The personal and professional context to work with children and young people who have sexually abused. In Children and Young People who Sexually Abused Others: Challenges and Responses. Erooga, M. & Masson, H. London: Brunner Routledge.

Journal papers: academic

• Hackett, S., Masson, H. Balfe, M. & Phillips, J. (2013). Community reactions to young people who have sexually abused and their families: a Shotgun blast, not a rifle shot. Children and Society
• Hackett, S. & Taylor, A. (2013). Decision Making in Social Work with Children and Families: The Use of Experiential and Analytical Cognitive Processes. The British Journal of Social Work (Advance Access ): 1-18.
• Hackett, S., Masson, H., Balfe, M. & Phillips, J. (2013). Individual, Family and Abuse Characteristics of 700 British Child and Adolescent Sexual Abusers. Child Abuse Review
• Masson, H., Hackett, S., Phillips, J. & Balfe, M. (2013). Looking Back on the Long-Term Fostering and Adoption of Children with Harmful Sexual Behaviours: Carers’ Reflections on Their Experiences. British Journal of Social Work (Advance Access ): 1-18.
• Masson, H., Balfe, M., Hackett, S. & Phillips, J. (2013). Lost without a Trace? Social Networking and Social Research with a Hard-to-Reach Population. British Journal of Social Work 43(1): 24-40.
• Masson, H., Hackett, S., Phillips, J. & Balfe, M. (2012). Developmental markers of risk or vulnerability? Young females who sexually abuse: characteristics, backgrounds, behaviours and outcomes. Child and Family Social Work
• Hackett, S., Balfe, M., Masson, H. & Phillips, J. (2012). Family responses to young people who have sexually abused: anger, ambivalence and acceptance. Children and Society
• Balfe, M., Gallagher, B., Balfe, S., Hackett, S., Masson, H. & Phillips, J. (2012). Hand covers bruise: what we know about Internet child sex offenders’ concerns about online security and their use of identity protection technologies. Child Abuse and Neglect
• Hackett, S., Carpenter, J., Patsios, D. & Szilassy, E. (2012). Interprofessional and interagency training for working with young people with harmful sexual behaviours: An evaluation of outcomes. Journal of Sexual Aggression
• Jones, C. & Hackett. S. (2012). Redefining Family Relationships Following Adoption: Adoptive Parents' Perspectives on the Changing Nature of Kinship between Adoptees and Birth Relatives. British Journal of Social Work 42(2): 283-299.
• Carpenter, J., Patsios, D., Szilassy, E. & Hackett, S. (2011). Outcomes of Short Course Interprofessional Education in Parental Mental Illness and Child Protection: Self-Efficacy, Attitudes and Knowledge. Social Work Education 30(2): 195-206.
• Jones, C. & Hackett, S. (2011). Redefining Family Relationships Following Adoption: Adoptive Parents' Perspectives on the Changing Nature of Kinship between Adoptees and Birth Relatives. British Journal of Social Work
• Jones, C. & Hackett, S. (2011). The Role of 'Family Practices' and 'Displays of Family' in the Creation of Adoptive Kinship. British Journal of Social Work 41(1): 40-56.
• Buschman, J., Wilcox, D., Krapohl, D., Oelrich, M. & Hackett, S. (2010). Cybersex Offender Risk Assessment: An explorative study. Journal of Sexual Aggression: An international, interdisciplinary forum for research, theory and practice 16(2): 197-209.
• Carpenter, J., Patsios, D., Szilassy, E. & Hackett, S. (2010). Outcomes of short course interprofessional training in parental mental illness and child protection safeguarding children: self-efficacy, attitudes and knowledge. Social Work Education in press.
• Vosmer, S., Hackett, S. & Callanan, M. (2009). 'Normal' and 'inappropriate' childhood sexual behaviours; findings from a Delphi study of professionals in the United Kingdom. Journal of Sexual Aggression 15(3): 275 - 288
• Jones, C. & Hackett, S. (2007). Communicative Openness Within Adoptive Families: Adoptive Parents' Narrative Accounts of the Challenges of Adoption Talk and the Approaches Used to Manage these Challenges. Adoption Quarterly 10(3/4): 157-178.
• Hackett, S., Masson, H. & Phillips, S. (2006). Exploring Consensus in Practice with Youth Who Are Sexually Abusive: Findings from a Delphi Study of Practitioner Views in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Child Maltreatment 11(2): 146-156.
• Hackett, S. & Masson, H. (2006). Young people who have sexually abused: what do they (and their parents) want from professionals?. Children & Society 20(3): 183-195.
• Masson, H. & Hackett. S. (2005). The extent and nature of work with adolescents who have sexaully abused others: Results of a survey of Youth Offending Teams in England and Wales. Youth Justice 4(3): 160-177.
• Hackett. S., Matthies, A-L. & (Guest Editors) (2005). Towards research-oriented social work education in Europe. European Journal of Social Work 8(3): 245-246.
• Masson, H. & Hackett, S. (2003). A decade on from the NCH report (1992): adolescent sexual aggression, policy and service delivery across the UK and Republic of Ireland. Journal of Sexual Aggression 9(2): 1-22.
• Hackett, S., Kuronen, M., Matthies, A. & Kresal, B. (2003). The motivation, professional development and identity of social work students in four European countries. European Journal of Social Work 6(2): 163-178.
• Chechel, E. & Hackett, S. (Submitted). Understanding Care Leavers in Russia: Young People’s Experiences of Institutionalization. Australian Social Work

Other publications: research

• Carpenter, John., Patsios, Demi., Szilassy, Eszter. & Hackett, Simon. (2011). Connect, share and learn. Evaluating the outcomes of inter-agency training to safeguard children. Toolkit. London: NSPCC for PIAT.
• Carpenter, John., Hackett, Simon., Patsios, Demi. & Szilassy, Eszter. (2010). Outcomes of Interagency Training to Safeguard Children: Final Report to the Department for Children, Schools and Families and the Department of Health. Department for Children, Schools and Families. 188.
• Hackett. S. & Uprichard, E. (2007). Animal abuse and child maltreatment: a review of literature and findings from a UK study links between animal and child maltreatment. London: NSPCC.
• Hackett, S., Masson, H. & Phillips, S. (2005). Services for Young People Who Sexually Abuse. A report on mapping and exploring services for young people who have sexually abused others. London: Youth Justice Board.