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Disability and child sexual abuse : lessons from survivors' narratives for effective protection, prevention and treatment / Martina Higgins and John Swain.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Higgins, Martina.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Child sexual abuse--Case studies.
- Child sexual abuse.
- Children with disabilities--Case studies.
- Children with disabilities.
- Genre:
- Case studies.
- Physical Description:
- 256 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2010.
- Summary:
- Disability and Child Sexual Abuse examines the ways in which society marginalizes, institutionalizes and places disabled children in situations of unacceptable risk, and how --- as evidenced in the survivors' narratives --- patterns of service delivery can contribute to the problem.
- Based on the accounts of seven disabled individuals who were sexually abused in childhood, the book highlights a wide range of pertinent issues. Through case vignettes and empirical research, the authors ask practitioners to scrutinize their current professional practice, and explore participants' experiences of hospitalization, education systems and local authorities. They consider the issue of who abuses and why, and highlight problems relating to revisiting past experiences and confronting unwarrented and unwanted feelings of responsibility.
- This book will be relevant for professionals and students in the social, health and education services, such as social workers, teachers and counsellors. It will also offer insights for those seeking a less disablist society, including disabled people themselves.
- Contents:
- Seven disabled people with telling stories
- Narrative and enabling stories of child sexual abuse
- An abusive society?
- The double whammy effect
- Expressions and survival of pain
- Organizational abuse
- Who abuses and why?
- Collective identities
- Narratives of the narrative
- Conclusion : towards a non-abusive society.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9781843105633
- 1843105632
- OCLC:
- 323189768
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