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Researching sex and lies in the classroom : allegations of sexual misconduct in schools / Pat Sikes and Heather Piper.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sikes, Patricia J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Child sexual abuse by teachers--Great Britain.
- Child sexual abuse by teachers.
- Teachers--Professional ethics--Great Britain.
- Teachers.
- Teachers--Complaints against--Great Britain.
- Truthfulness and falsehood--Great Britain.
- Truthfulness and falsehood.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (172 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Anglophone world is gripped by a moral panic centred on child abuse in general and fear of the paedophile in particular. Evidence suggests an alarming rise in the number of false allegations of sexual abuse being made against teachers, and demonstrates that the fallout from being falsely accused is far-reaching and sometimes tragic. Many people in this position cannot sustain family relationships, have breakdowns, and are often unable to return to the classroom when their ordeal is over.Researching Sex and Lies in the Classroom draws on in-depth qualitative research expl
- Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Foreword; Chapter 1 Why we have done this research and written this book; Chapter 2 Immoral panics; Chapter 3 'A courageous proposal, but . . . this would be a high risk study': ethics review procedures, risk and censorship; Chapter 4 Truths and stories; Chapter 5 'Confused, angry and actually betrayed: it was time to get out'; Chapter 6 Timpson versus Regina; Chapter 7 'How do you tell teenage children that their father's been accused of sexual abuse?'; Chapter 8 It didn't take long for the rumour mill to start grinding
- Chapter 9 Nobody can prove anything for definiteChapter 10 EndWords; Notes; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-135-18901-3
- 1-135-18902-1
- 1-282-44344-5
- 9786612443442
- 0-203-86405-0
- 9780203864050
- OCLC:
- 502230531
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