Confronting Cruelty
Historical Perspectives on Child Protection in Australia
Published on 1. April 2013
248 pages
978-0-522-86363-5 (ISBN)
Description
The problem of child abuse seems to have escalated in recent years. Were there any 'battered babies' before the 1960s? Is the sexual abuse of children a recent phenomenon? The subject is often discussed in the media with little or no awareness that it has a long history. Confronting Cruelty examines our changing understanding of what cruelty is, the continuing neglect and abuse of children in our society, and the struggle between philanthropists, social workers and other professional groups for the right to identify and treat the children who are abused. Through the rich case records of the Children's Protection Society, Dorothy Scott and Shurlee Swain document a hundred years of child abuse, and explore how the community has responded to this ever-present social problem.
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Confronting Cruelty
Historical Perspectives of Child Protection in Australia
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Melbourne University Press
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Dorothy Shurleescott and Swain Shurleescott
Content
- Intro
- Confronting Cruelty
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Illustrations
- Tables
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Chapter One The Image of the Child
- Chapter Two The Cry of the Children has Finally Been Heard
- Chapter 3 Launching the Great Crusade
- Chapter Four Poverty is a Factor but not an Excuse
- Chapter 5 Civilisation Hangs in the Balance
- Chapter 6 Neglect in the Midst of Plenty
- Chapter 7 The Second Wave of the Child Rescue Movement: 'The Battered Baby Syndrome'
- Chapter 8 Child Protection-Whose Rights? Whose Responsibility?
- Chapter 9 Child Sexual Abuse: From Freud to Feminism and Beyond
- Chapter 10 The Pendulum Swings: A Century of Child Protection Ends
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Archival Material
- Children's Protection Society Archives -Interview Transcripts
- Children's Protection Society Papers
- Queensland State Archives
- State Library of Victoria, Manuscripts Collection
- Len Tierney papers
- University of Melbourne Archives
- Newspapers
- Government Publications
- Published Works
- Index
