Jones Understanding Child Sexual Abuse

Perspectives from the Caribbean
2013
ISBN: 978-1-137-02005-5
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 282 Seiten, eBook

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jones, A.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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

Über Autor(innen)

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