Mothers surviving child sexual abuse / / Carol-Ann Hooper

• Autore: Hooper Carol-Ann <1956, >
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Tavistock/Routledge, , 1992
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (213 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.7/63/0973
• Soggetto topico: Sexually abused children - Family relationships - United States; Incest victims - Family relationships - United States; Mothers - United States - Attitudes
• Note generali: Simultaneously published in the USA and Canada.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [183]-194) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Mothers surviving child sexual abuse; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Child sexual abuse and mothers: the issues; 2 The study: aims and methods; 3 Loss: the meaning of child sexual abuse to mothers; 4 Finding out: the discovery process; 5 Working it out: the context and process of response; 6 Help-seeking decisions and experience of informal help; 7 Statutory help and experience of intervention; 8 Conclusions; Appendix: brief case details of women interviewed; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Despite increased recognition of the high incidence of child sexual abuse, little attention has so far been paid to the women on whom children primarily depend for care and protection - their mothers. Informed by theory and research on other situations involving loss, secrecy and moral dilemmas, as well as the rapidly accumulating knowledge of child sexual abuse, Mothers Surviving Child Sexual Abuse offers a new analysis of mother's reactions and responses, presenting a fresh perspective on a shocking problem for practitioners and policy-makers involved in child protection, as well as
• Titolo autorizzato: Mothers surviving child sexual abuse
• ISBN: 1-134-90926-8; 0-203-31225-2; 1-280-33823-7; 1-134-90927-6; 0-203-21408-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 996202237203316
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno