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Disability and child sexual abuse : lessons from survivors' narratives for effective protection, prevention and treatment /

By: Higgins, Martina.
Contributor(s): Swain, John.
Publisher: London ; Philadelphia : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2010Description: 256 p. ; 23 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781843105633 (pb : alk. paper); 9781843105633:; 1843105632 (pb : alk. paper).Subject(s): Child sexual abuse -- Case studies | Children with disabilities -- Case studies | Children with disabilities -- Crimes against -- Case studies | Adult child sexual abuse victims -- Case studiesDDC classification: 362.4083
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.
Summary: This title examines the ways in which society marginalizes, institutionalizes and places disabled children in situations of unnacceptable risk, and how patterns of service delivery can contribute to the problem.
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Standard Loan Standard Loan ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection 362.4083 HIG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0060753
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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.

This title examines the ways in which society marginalizes, institutionalizes and places disabled children in situations of unnacceptable risk, and how patterns of service delivery can contribute to the problem.

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