Understanding Child Sexual Abuse Disclosure

A Social Model Perspective
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-4473-7661-3
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm

This text sets out the various challenges and opportunities associated with disclosure of sexual abuse. It proposes a social model response that examines the barriers within our society, shifting attention away from individuals being expected to “come forward” and towards collective responsibility.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mooney, Joseph

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Strafrecht Kriminologie, Strafverfolgung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Kinder- und Jugendsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Kindesmissbrauch, Sexueller Missbrauch, Häusliche Gewalt

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction

2. Child Sexual Abuse - Our Fragile Knowledge

3. Disclosure of Abuse

4. Threshold Concepts of Disclosure

5. Societal Responses to Disclosure

6. An Introduction to the Social Model

7. A Social Model of Disclosure

8. Conclusions

Über Autor(innen)

Joseph Mooney is Assistant Professor of Social Work at University College Dublin.