New International Frontiers in Child Sexual Abuse Theory, Problems and Progress

This book offers a timely and detailed exploration and analysis of key contemporary issues and challenges in child sexual abuse, which holds great relevance for scholarly, legal, policy, professional and clinical audiences worldwide. The book draws together the best current evidence about the nature...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mathews, Ben
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2019, 2019
Edition:1st ed. 2019
Series:Child Maltreatment, Contemporary Issues in Research and Policy
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: A Range of Challenges, Cause for Hope, and the Nature of this Book
  • Part I. The Context
  • Chapter 1. The Context of Child Abuse and Points of Departure
  • Chapter 2. Issues in Defining Child Sexual Abuse
  • Part II. Theory: Multidisciplinary Understandings of Child Sexual Abuse and Regulatory Responses
  • Chapter 3. Political Theory and Public Health Theory
  • Chapter 4. Law's Role in Preventing, Detecting and Responding to Child Sexual Abuse
  • Part III. Problems and Progress: Contemporary Challenges and Responses
  • Chapter 5. Child Sexual Abuse in Institutional Contexts
  • Chapter 6. Cultural and Technological Challenges
  • Part IV. Conclusion: Future Directions.