Child Sexual Abuse

• Author : India Bryce,Wayne Petherick
• Publisher : Academic Press
• Release : 01 June 2020

Child Sexual Abuse: Forensic Issues in Evidence, Impact, and Management approaches the issue of child sexual abuse from several viewpoints. First, child abuse will be considered from both victimization and offending perspectives and, although empirical scholarship will inform much of the content, there will be applied material from experts and practitioners in the field - from policing to child safety to intelligence. This is a significant divergence from literature most commonly provided in the market. Additionally, contemporary scholarship on issues

• Author : Karen A. Duncan
• Publisher : Penn State Press
• Release : 24 July 2021

Answers questions that traumatized women frequently ask about childhood sexual abuse, shares stories of women in recovery, and offers a guide to healing the traumatic effects of this hidden abuse.

• Author : Sam Warner
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 13 January 2009

Child sexual abuse is a global problem that negatively affects many women and girls. As such, it has long been of concern to feminists, and more recently mental health activists. This book draws on this revolutionary legacy, feminism and post-structuralism to critically examine current perceptions of women, girls and child abuse in psychology, psychiatry and the mass media, and to re-evaluate mainstream and feminist approaches to this subject. The book aims to contribute to the ongoing development of a knowledge-base

• Author : Martin A. Finkel,Angelo P. Giardino
• Publisher : SAGE Publications, Incorporated
• Release : 24 July 2021

This newly updated edition of the top-selling reference manual for the medical evaluation of suspected child sexual abuse has been expanded to reflect the increasing importance of properly performed, well-documented examinations. Not only does the book cover aspects of the physical examination and diagnosis for sexual abuse, its additional coverage of interviewing children and collecting evidence for criminal investigations makes it an inclusive guidebook for all aspects of the child sexual abuse evaluation process.

• Author : Paris Goodyear-Brown
• Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
• Release : 09 September 2011

A comprehensive guide to the identification, assessment, and treatment of child sexual abuse The field of child sexual abuse has experienced an explosion of research, literature, and enhanced treatment methods over the last thirty years. Representing the latest refinements of thought in this field, Handbook of Child Sexual Abuse: Identification, Assessment, and Treatment combines the most current research with a wealth of clinical experience. The contributing authors, many of whom are pioneers in their respective specialties, include researchers and clinicians,

• Author : Carol-Ann Hooper
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 11 January 2013

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

• Author : Stephen Smallbone,William L. Marshall,Richard Wortley
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 13 May 2013

Public policy responses to child sexual abuse are dominated by interventions designed to take effect only after offenders have already begun offending, and after children have already been sexually abused. Comparatively little attention has been given to alternative prevention strategies – particularly to those aimed at preventing sexual abuse before it might otherwise occur. Considerable knowledge has been accumulated on the characteristics, modus operandi and persistence of offenders, the characteristics, circumstances and outcomes for victims, and the physical and social settings

• Author : William T. O'Donohue
• Publisher : Routledge
• Release : 16 December 2013

The sexual abuse of children is now seen as an enormous problem; first, because there is an increasing awareness that it is more prevalent than previously thought, and second, because it gives rise to so many complex questions. How is sexual abuse to be defined? What are the effects of abuse? How can the victim be helped? How can abuse be prevented? These two comprehensive volumes cover a wide spectrum of basic and applied issues. Expert contributors -- including physicians,

• Author : David Finkelhor,Sharon Araji
• Publisher : SAGE
• Release : 01 May 1986

- How widespread is child sexual abuse? - Which groups of children are at greatest risk? - Why do offenders offend? - What are the initial and long-term effects of sexual abuse on victims? - How can child sexual abuse be prevented? - How should researchers approach the problem? David Finkelhor is a leading researcher in the field of family violence and child sexual abuse. He is the author of two previous books on the subject, "Sexually Victimized Children "and "Child

• Author : Judy Steed
• Publisher : Random House Canada
• Release : 24 July 1994

Child - sexual abuse - Canada.

• Author : Esther Deblinger,Anthony P. Mannarino,Judith A. Cohen,Melissa K. Runyon,Anne Hope Heflin
• Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
• Release : 24 July 2021

Preceded by: Treating sexually abused children and their nonoffending parents: a cognitive behavioral approach / Esther Deblinger, Anne Hope Heflin. c1996.

• Author : Christiane Sanderson
• Publisher : Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Release : 24 July 2021

This updated and expanded edition provides comprehensive coverage of the theory and practice of counselling survivors of child sexual abuse (CSA). In a reasoned and thoughtful approach, this book honestly addresses the complex issues in this important area of work, providing practical strategies valuable and new insights for counsellors.

• Author : Marie Keenan
• Publisher : Oxford University Press
• Release : 18 July 2013

A meticulously researched inside look at child sexual abuse by clergy, this exhaustive, hard-hitting analysis weaves together interviews with abusive priests and church historical and administrative details to propose a new way of thinking about clerical sexual offenders. Linking the personal and the institutional, researcher and therapist Marie Keenan locates the problem of child sexual abuse not exclusively in individual pathology, but also within larger systemic factors, such as the very institution of priesthood itself, the Catholic take on sexuality,

• Author : Hallett, Sophie
• Publisher : Policy Press
• Release : 29 March 2017

Child sexual exploitation (CSE) is now high on the social care agenda, but what is it? How is it different from other forms of child sexual abuse? This important book puts forward the rarely heard voices of children and young people who have experienced CSE and the professionals who have worked with them to answer these questions. Taking a critical perspective, Hallett also addresses the possibility that further problems might arise from the framing of ‘child sexual exploitation’, which can

• Author : Mary Wells
• Publisher : Unknown Publisher
• Release : 24 July 1990

The changes to the Criminal Code and the Canada Evidence Act on January 1, 1988, created new child sexual abuse offenses and expanded the opportunities for courts to receive children's testimony in cases of child sexual abuse. This has major implications for professionals working with sexually abused children, particularly social workers who will find themselves increasingly participating in investigative activities and may be required to give evidence at criminal trials. This handbook outlines the criminal justice process and its principles; explains the