Description
Book SynopsisThis text focuses on the importance of considering the experiences of children in responding to child sexual abuse. The contributors address these concerns whilst drawing on research, and legislative and policy developments since 1989.
Trade Review"...this book will become a key text in the area of child sexual abuse.""...this is an excellent book which takes an uncompromisingly critical approach..." ---Child and Family Social Work, Vol 5/3, 2000
Table of ContentsIntroduction: Impediments to Implementing a Child-centred Approach(C. Wattam & N. Parton).
Justice for Children (C. Smith & K. Woodhead).
Negotiation (A. Cooper & R. Hetherington).
Advocacy and Child Protection (J. Boylan & J. Wyllie).
Confidentiality and the Social Organisation of Telling (C.Wattam).
Communication (H. Westcott).
Treatment (J. Trowell).
Coping, Surviving and Healing from Child Sexual Abuse (C. Woodward& D. Fortune).
'Don't Just Do It': Children's Access to Help and Protection (M.MacLeod).
Family Support (L. Colclough, et al.).
Child Sexual Abuse and the Community (B. Jordan).
Institutional Abuse (B. Gallagher).
Working with Abusers to Protect Children (M. Erooga & H.Masson).
Index.
