عنوان

Understanding child sexual abuse :

(Number (ISBN

1137020059

(Number (ISBN

9781137020055

Number

b543884

Title Proper

Understanding child sexual abuse :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

perspectives from the Caribbean

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Adele D. Jones.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Basingstoke

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Palgrave Macmillan

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2013

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

: illustrations

Text of Note

Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Context, Theory and Caribbean Realities in Tackling Child Sexual Abuse; 1 The Nature of Paradise; 2 The Ontology and Social Construction of Childhood in the Caribbean; 3 Gendered Sexual Relations and Sexualized Gender Relations; 4 A Legal Perspective of Child Sexual Abuse in the Caribbean, with a focus on Trinidad and Tobago; 5 Using Our Brain: Understanding the Effects of Child Sexual Abuse; 6 Parental Abandonment of Children: Vulnerability to Sexual Abuse. 7 'Pimping Your Child': Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Transactional Child Sexual AbusePart II: Research and Knowledge Transfer; 8 Research on Child Sexual Abuse: Caribbean and International Perspectives; 9 A Culturally Contexted Study of Perceptions, Attitudes and Opinions on Child Sexual Abuse; 10 Deconstructing Narratives of Child Sexual Abuse; 11 IMPACT: Interventions and Mitigations to Prevent the Abuse of Children --;It's Time --;A Public Health Oriented Systems Model for Change; Conclusion; Index.

Text of Note

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.

Child abuse -- Caribbean islands.

Child sexual abuse -- Caribbean Area.

Child welfare -- Caribbean islands.

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Book number

edited by Adele D. Jones.

Adele Jones

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[Book]

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