Understanding Child Sexual Abuse
Perspectives from the Caribbean
Published on 1. January 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
X, 282 pages
978-1-349-43741-2 (ISBN)
Description
This book is the first comprehensive study of child sexual abuse in the Caribbean, exploring issues such as the ontology of childhood, links between slavery, colonialism and present-day gender-based violence, the impact of child sexual abuse on the brain and child protection after natural disasters.
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Edition
1st ed. 2013
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
X, 282 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
376 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-43741-2 (9781349437412)
DOI
10.1057/9781137020055
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Person
SHERON BURNS Education Officer for Early Childhood, University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago
HAZEL DA BREO Legal Aid and Counselling Clinic in Grenada, Grenada
ENA TROTMAN JEMMOTT, University of Huddersfield, UK
LORITA JOSEPH School Guidance Counsellor at the University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago
PRIYA MAHARAJ Lecturer at the University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago
DOMINIC PASURA Research Fellow in the School of Human and Health Sciences at Huddersfield University, UK
BETSY ANN LAMBERT PETERSON, Trinidad and Tobago Judicial Education Institute, Trinidad and Tobago
LETNIE F. ROCK Head of the Department of Government, Sociology and Social Work at the University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago
Content
Introduction; L.Joseph PART I: CONTEXT, THEORY AND CARIBBEAN REALITIES IN TACKLING CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE The Nature of Paradise; P.Maharaj The Ontology and Social Construction of Childhood in the Caribbean; S.Burns Gendered Sexual Relations and Sexualised Gender Relations; E.Trotman Jemmott & P.Maharaj Crossing the Threshold: A Legal Perspective of Child Sexual Abuse in the Caribbean, with a focus on Trinidad and Tobago; B.Lambert Peterson Using our Brain: Understanding the Effects of Child Sexual Abuse; E.Trotman Jemmott Parental Abandonment of Children: Vulnerability to Sexual Abuse; H.Da Breo 'Pimping your Child': Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Transactional Child Sexual Abuse; A.Jones PART II: RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER Research on Child Sexual Abuse: Caribbean and International Perspectives; L.Rocke A Culturally-contexted Study of Perceptions, Attitudes and Opinions on Child Sexual Abuse; A.Jones & E.Trotman Jemmott Deconstructing Narratives of Child Sexual Abuse; A.Jones IMPACT: Interventions and Mitigations to Prevent the Abuse of Children - it's Time. A Public Health Oriented Systems Model for Change; D.Pasura, A.D.Jones & H.Da Breo Conclusion; A.Jones