Child sexual abuse and the Catholic Church
Subtitle: gender, power, and organizational culture
By: Marie Keenan
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780199895670
Subjects: Discipline; Child sexual abuse; Case studies; Clergy; Sexual behavior; Catholic Church; Child sexual abuse by clergy
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.         ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Child sexual abuse by Roman Catholic Clergy: the scale and history of the problem; title: Organised irresponsibility (I): the organisational and institutional culture of the Catholic Church; title: The view from the ground: clerical men; title: The individual as the unit of analysis; title: A social approach for understanding a social problem; title: Power and gender; title: Sexuality and masculinity; title: Organised irresponsibility (II): clerical elites, rules, obedience and loneliness; title: The handling of abuse complaints; title: Understanding and explaining child sexual abuse within the Catholic Church; title: Conclusion: prospects, visions, agendas.