Child Sexual Assault: Feminist Perspectives

by Pat Cox (Editor), S. Kershaw (Editor), J. Trotter (Editor)

Overview

This book re-introduces a feminist analysis of child sexual assault. It will be invaluable to new social work, social care practitioners as well as senior practitioners, encouraging them to revisit valuable insights into the sexual violation of children. The introductory chapter provides an overview of historical developments whilst following chapters offer critical analyses of interrelated topics. It concludes with a proposal of a new model for social work intervention.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781349655250
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	01/01/2000
Edition description:	1st ed. 2000
Pages:	209
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x (d)

About the Author

LORRAINE GREEN Research Fellow, Centre for Applied Childhoood Studies, University of Huddersfield GILLIAN HURST Senior Probation Officer CHRIS HORROCKS Lecturer in Psychology, University of Huddersfield KATE KARBAN Senior Lecturer in Social Work and Mental Health, Leeds Metropolitan University SARAH NELSON Research Fellow, Department of Sociology, Edinburgh University VARSHA NIGHOSKAR Former Assistant Psychologist, Community and Mental Health Trust JULIETTE OKO Senior Lecturer, University of Teesside ANN POTTER Therapist, Barnardo's

Table of Contents

Foreword by Liz Kelly Acknowledgements Notes on the Contributors Introduction PART I: DEBATES AND ISSUES Knowledge and Resistances in Child Sexual Assault; P.Cox Children, Young People and 'Protection'; K.Karban & C.Horrocks Satanist Ritual Abuse: The Challenge for Feminists; S.Nelson Gender, Abuse and the Prostitution of Young People; S.Kershaw PART II: EXAMINING PRACTICE Speaking Out, Coming Out and Being Outed; J.Trotter Communication: A Key Towards Better Understanding; V.Nighoskar Work with Abusers: How Do We Talk About 'Rehabilitation'?; G.Hurst Silenced Voice/Zero Choice: Young Women in Residential Care; L.Green Child Protection Conferences: 'In the Name of the Family'; A.Potter PART III: INTO THE FUTURE Towards a New Model of Practice; J.Oko Conclusion; P.Cox, S.Kershaw & J.Trotter Bibliography Index

Editorial Reviews

Rather than the story of abuse itself, this collection of essays focuses instead on late 20th-century policy and media recognition of abuse and the ways this has shifted and changed. Individual essays discuss the knowledge base of child sexual assault and how feminist perspectives have been marginalized, the personal impact of learning about satanic ritual abuse, re-defining prostitution and sex industry as child sexual assault, an analysis of the child protection industry, sexual awareness of children in residential care facilities, and the tendency on child protection conferences to reproduce and repeat abusive behavior. The editors are academics in health and community studies in England; the contributors are academics, social workers, and a probation officer. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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