โ Scribed by Carol-An Hooper
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Despite increased recognition of the high incidence of child sexual abuse, little attention has so far been paid to the women on whom children primarily depend for care adn protection - their mothers. Informed by theory and research on other situations involving loss, secrecy and moral dilemmas, as well as the rapidly accumulating knowledge of child sexual abuse, Mothers Surviving Child Sexual Abuse offers a new analysis of mother's reactions and resposes, presenting a fresh perspective on a shocking porblem for practitioners and policy-makers involved in child protection, as well as students and lecturers of social work and social studies and women's studies.
Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Child sexual abuse and mothers: the issues......Page 10
The study: aims and methods......Page 29
Loss: the meaning of child sexual abuse to mothers......Page 40
Finding out: the discovery process......Page 62
Working it out: the context and process of response......Page 89
Help-seeking decisions and experience of informal help......Page 120
Statutory help and experience of intervention......Page 141
Conclusions......Page 173
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