Confronting Cruelty
Historical Perspectives of Child Protection in Australia
Will be published approx. on 15. February 2002
Book
Paperback/Softback
248 pages
978-0-522-84998-1 (ISBN)
Description
Confronting Cruelty investigates the history of the detection and treatment of child abuse in Australia through the lens of the Victorian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children - now the Children's Protection Society (CPS) - from 1896 to the end of the 20th century. This book explores the inner world of a child protection agency within the outer world of the broader historical context and changes in both child protection policy and the social constructions of child abuse.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Carlton
Australia
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
facsimiles, , portraits
Dimensions
Height: 201 mm
Width: 141 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
463 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-522-84998-1 (9780522849981)
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Other editions
Additional editions
Dorothy Scott | Shurlee Swain
Confronting Cruelty
Historical Perspectives on Child Protection in Australia
E-Book
04/2013
Simon + Schuster LLC
€14.28
Available for download
Persons
Dr Dorothy Scott is Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Melbourne. She is a leading figure in the field of child protection in Australia, and is well known to ABC radio listeners for her contributions on child abuse and neglect.Dr Shurlee Swain is a Senior Lecturer in History at the Australian Catholic University and a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of History at the University of Melbourne. She has published widely in social welfare history.