| Understanding Child Abuse: The Partners of Child Sex Offenders Tell Their Stories Contributor(s): Philpot, Terry (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415409497 ISBN-13: 9780415409490 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2008 Annotation: Drawing on extensive interviews and written testimonies, Working with the Partners of Child Sex Offenders focuses on the stories and voices of partners of child sex offenders, highlighting how mothers feel about the situation they are in, how they cope with it and how they can remake their family life. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Family & Relationships | Abuse - Child Abuse |
| Dewey: 362.763 |
| LCCN: 2008029207 |
| Physical Information: 0.44" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.89 lbs) 150 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Understanding Child Abuse is the first book to look at women whose partners are child sex offenders. Much of the book is devoted to the voices of the women themselves, telling their stories and how they feel about the situations in which they found themselves, how they coped, and how they remade their lives and those of their families. They describe what they learned from their experience and how it changed them. Such experience is largely overlooked by researchers, agencies and policy makers and this book throws unique light on this neglected area. The chapters cover:
Combining theory, practice and personal testimony in a concise and accessible manner, Understanding Child Abuse is essential reading for social work practitioners and students as well as probation officers and anyone involved with child protection. It will also be of interest to members of the public. |