| Secrets and Silence: Uncovering the Legacy of the Cleveland Child Sexual Abuse Case Contributor(s): Campbell, Beatrix (Author) |
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ISBN: 1447341147 ISBN-13: 9781447341147 Publisher: Policy Press OUR PRICE: $19.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2023 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Great Britain - 20th Century - Political Science | Corruption & Misconduct - Social Science | Sexual Abuse & Harassment |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.86 lbs) 306 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles - Chronological Period - 1980's |
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| Publisher Description: When paediatricians in Cleveland in the North East of England identified evidence of rape in 121 children in 1987, they were discredited. Children were sent home and the public assured that there was no widespread problem of sexual abuse. Renowned journalist Beatrix Campbell shockingly reveals the government's cover-up of expert findings that most of the diagnoses were correct: ministers misled the public, doctors and social workers were denounced and the children were denied their own stories. The legacy of the Cleveland controversy lived on in child protection practice for 30 years until the government was forced to launch the current Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse, whose outcome will determine whether children will be protected in future. |
Contributor Bio(s): Campbell, Beatrix: - Beatrix Campbell is the author of Wigan Pier Revisited: Poverty and Politics in the 80s, and Agreement: The State, Conflict and Change in Northern Ireland. |