Mothers Surviving Child Sexual Abuse

Informationen zum Autor Carol-Ann Hooper is Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of York. Klappentext 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 adn 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 resposes, presenting a fresh perspective on a shocking porblem for practitioners and policy-makers involved in child protection, as well as students and lecturers of social work and social studies and women's studies. Zusammenfassung Informed by theory and research on other situations involving loss, secrecy and moral dilemmas, Carol-Ann Hooper offers a new analysis of mothers' reactions and responses to their children being abused by partners and relatives. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Child sexual abuse and mothers; Chapter 2 The study; Chapter 3 Loss; Chapter 4 Finding out; Chapter 5 Working it out; Chapter 6 Help-seeking decisions and experience of informal help; Chapter 7 Statutory help and experience of intervention; Chapter 8 Conclusions;

Product details

• Authors: Carol-Ann Hooper, Hooper Carol-Ann
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.1992
• EAN: 9780415071871
• ISBN: 978-0-415-07187-1
• No. of pages: 212
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, Social groups, Health & personal development, Social Work, Sociology: family & relationships, Sociology: family and relationships, Health, Relationships and Personal development, Social groups, communities and identities