Stop It Now!
| Formation | 1992 |
|---|---|
| Founder | Fran Henry |
| Legal status | Charity[1] |
| Location |
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Key people | Jenny Coleman (director)[2] |
| Website | https://www.stopitnow.org |
Stop It Now! is an American organization that conducts campaigns to combat child sexual abuse and child pornography consumption. It was founded in 1992 by child sexual abuse survivor Fran Henry.
History
[edit]Stop It Now! was founded in 1992 by child sexual abuse survivor Fran Henry with the intention of having "the sexual abuse of children recognized as a preventable public health problem". Following its foundation, the organization has cooperated with scientific researchers, organized focus groups and conducted opinion surveys to research and prevent child sexual abuse.[3]
In 1995, Stop It Now! launched an anonymous helpline for people under the risk of committing child sex offences.[4][1] The helpline was further extended to the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.[5]
Campaigns
[edit]In 2022, Stop It Now! launched a campaign featuring a series of short, anti-child pornography consumption videos that were shared among social media networks, the campaign also issued targeted-advertised content aimed at people at risk of committing sex offences.[6] In the same year, it partnered with Pornhub to redirect online users who searched for keywords related to child pornography to Stop It Now!'s helpline.[7]
In 2023, Stop It Now! joined a partnership with Police Scotland to combat child pornography consumption among people at risk of sexually offending, the campaign featured a short film produced by Stop It Now! Scotland.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Hudson, Kirsty (2018-01-02). "Preventing child sexual abuse through education: the work of Stop it Now! Wales". Journal of Sexual Aggression. 24 (1): 99–113. doi:10.1080/13552600.2017.1383088. ISSN 1355-2600. S2CID 79777067.
- ^ a b "Public attention, disdain can push sex offenders to reoffend: expert". CBC News. 2018.
- ^ Christiansen, Candice; Martinez-Dettamanti, Meg (2018), Lievesley, Rebecca; Hocken, Kerensa; Elliott, Helen; Winder, Belinda (eds.), "Prevention in Action: Exploring Prevention Initiatives and Current Practices", Sexual Crime and Prevention, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 27–56, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-98243-4_2, ISBN 978-3-319-98242-7, retrieved 2023-11-07
- ^ Grant, Billie-Jo; Shields, Ryan T.; Tabachnick, Joan; Coleman, Jenny (2019). ""I Didn't Know Where To Go": An Examination of Stop It Now!'s Sexual Abuse Prevention Helpline". Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 34 (20): 4225–4253. doi:10.1177/0886260519869237. ISSN 0886-2605. S2CID 203046900.
- ^ Horn, Joan Van; Eisenberg, Mara; Nicholls, Carol McNaughton; Mulder, Jules; Webster, Stephen; Paskell, Caroline; Brown, Ashley; Stam, Jeantine; Kerr, Jane; Jago, Natalie (2015-11-17). "Stop It Now! A Pilot Study Into the Limits and Benefits of a Free Helpline Preventing Child Sexual Abuse". Journal of Child Sexual Abuse. 24 (8): 853–872. doi:10.1080/10538712.2015.1088914. ISSN 1053-8712. PMID 26701278. S2CID 36314838.
- ^ Eve, Carl (2022-02-08). "'Stop It Now!' campaign launched to tackle online sex images". Plymouth Live. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
- ^ Grant, Harriet (2022-09-28). "Pornhub partners with child abuse charities to intercept illegal activity". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
- ^ "Police Scotland campaign launched as reports of online child abuse rise". RossShire Journal. 2023-09-25. Retrieved 2023-11-07.