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Record Nr.

UNINA9910785155203321

Autore

Higgins Martina

Titolo

Disability and child sexual abuse [[electronic resource] ] : lessons from survivors' narratives for effective protection, prevention and treatment / / Martina Higgins and John Swain

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; Philadelphia, : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2009

ISBN

1-282-75001-1

9786612750014

0-85700-210-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (260 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SwainJohn

Disciplina

362.4083

Soggetti

Child sexual abuse

Children with disabilities

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

FRONT COVER; Disability and Child Sexual Abuse: Lessons from Survivors' Narratives for Effective Protection, Preventionand Treatment; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1 Seven Disabled People with Telling Stories; Chapter 2 Narrative and Enabling Stories of ChildSexual Abuse; Chapter 3 An Abusive Society?; Chapter 4 The Double Whammy Effect; Chapter 5 Expressions and Survival of Pain; Chapter 6 Organizational Abuse; Chapter 7 Who Abuses and Why?; Chapter 8 Collective Identities; Chapter 9 Narratives of the Narrative; Conclusion Towards a Non-Abusive Society; REFERENCES; SUBJECT INDEX

AUTHOR INDEXback cover

Sommario/riassunto

Disability and Child Sexual Abuse examines the ways in which society marginalises, institutionalises 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.