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Confronting cruelty : historical perspectives of child protection in Australia / by Dorothy Scott, Shurlee Swain.
Van Pelt Library HV6626.54.A8 S36 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Scott, Dorothy, 1952-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children's Protection Society (Australia).
- Child abuse--Australia--History.
- Child abuse.
- Child abuse--Investigation--Australia--History.
- Child abuse--Investigation.
- History.
- Australia.
- Local Subjects:
- Children's Protection Society (Australia).
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 221 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Melbourne : Melbourne University Press ; Lancaster : Gazelle, 2002.
- Summary:
- There is widespread concern in society about the problems of physical abuse, sexual abuse, and neglect of children, but little understanding of the way in which what we call "child abuse" has been defined and treated over time. This analysis investigates the history of the detection and treatment of child abuse in Australia through the lens of the Victorian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, now the Children's Protection Society (CPS), from 1896 to the end of the 20th century.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0522849989
- OCLC:
- 48783270
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