Home Truths About Child Sexual Abuse

✍ Scribed by C. Itzin

• Year: 2000
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 480
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Home Truths About Child Sexual Abuse brings together the findings of research and clinical work by leading figures in the UK and USA. It makes visible the prevalence of sexual abuse and exploitation of children by normal, ordinary, heterosexual family men, both within and outside the family. Comprehensive and multidisciplinary in approach, it covers the many different aspects of child sexual abuse including: phenomenology definitions and terminology epidemiology explanatory frameworks concepts and theory the contribution of radical feminism constructs, classifications and typologies policy treatments multi-disciplinary and multi-agency work medical advice gender issues *criminal justice. The book provides the evidence and knowledge base necessary to begin to achieve effective prevention. It offers professionals, researchers and policy makers an invaluable source of reference and an informed basis for action.