Child Sexual Abuse - Couverture souple

Parton, Nigel

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0471983349 ISBN 13 : 9780471983347

Editeur : John Wiley & Sons, 1999

Synopsis

This important volume explores children s needs in the context ofthe policy, practice, legal and organisational responses to childsexual abuse. The chapters, written by distinguished experts in thefield, provide a critical appraisal of recent developments and keydebates concerning how to respond to child sexual abuse. Theemphasis is on keeping the child central in responding to childsexual abuse, particularly in the context of refocusing children sservices . The book is organised around a series of themesidentified by survivors of sexual abuse from the NationalCommission into the Prevention of Child Abuse. These themes includejustice mediation advocacy confidentiality communication treatmenthealing & surviving family support community perpetratorsinstitutional abuse. All of these areas provide major challenges toprofessionals and health, welfare and legal agencies. The authorsprovide practitioners with suggestions on how to meet children sneeds whilst satisfying policy and procedures. This timelyvolume
* provides a child-focused exploration of children s needs
* tackles key sources of conflict in practice
* makes recommendations to practitioners for practice and policydevelopment
The book includes discussion on how far the legislative frameworkmeets the criteria for child victims/survivors of sexual abuse andsurvival and healing strategies from the survivor as expert pointof view. It also addresses issues concerned with interviewingchildren arising from the Memorandum of Good Practice. Child SexualAbuse: Responding to the Experiences of Children is an essentialresource for social work practitioners, managers and trainers, health visitors, solicitors and lawyers involved in legal work withchildren, police officers, teachers and all those on relatedcourses.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Nigel Parton is Professor in Applied Childhood Studies at the University of Huddersfield, UK. He is the author of over 100 book chapters and journal articles in the broad fields of social and child welfare including a number particularly concerned with the nature and impact of the risk paradigm. Corrine Wattam is the editor of Child Sexual Abuse: Responding to the Experiences of Children, published by Wiley.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: John Wiley & Sons
• Date d'édition: 1999
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0471983349
• ISBN 13: 9780471983347
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible