Child welfare professionals and incest families
Subtitle: a difficult encounter
By: Ingrid K. Thompson-Cooper.
Series: Welfare & society; Welfare and society.
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Aldershot
Language: eng
Number of pages: 289
Subjects: Child sexual abuse -- England -- Case studies.; Child sexual abuse -- Canada -- Case studies.; Family violence -- England -- Case studies.; Family violence -- Canada -- Case studies.; Child welfare workers -- England -- Case studies.; Child welfare workers -- Canada -- Case studies.
Genres: Case studies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. Development of Child Welfare Responses to Child Sexual; title: Abuse; title: Introduction; title: The 'punishment vs. treatment' controversy - child physical abuse; title: Iatrogenesis in the child welfare system; title: Legal and clinical responses to child sexual abuse; title: Rationale for use of criminal justice system; title: Lack of debate; title: Emotional reactions to child sexual abuse; title: 2. The Research; title: Summary of issues; title: Focus of research; title: Methodology; title: Limitations of study; title: 3. Child Welfare System - England and Canada; title: Child protection system in England; title: Child protection system in Quebec, Canada; title: Criminal justice system; title: 4. Description of Samples - England and Canada; title: General description of the samples; title: Sexual behaviour; title: Characteristics of the victim's family; title: Victim characteristics; title: Characteristics of victim's mother; title: Characteristics of the perpetrator; title: 5. Disclosure of Sexual Abuse and Initial Professional; title: Responses; title: Professional involvement with the families prior to present; title: disclosure of sexual abuse; title: Disclosure of present perpetrator's sexual abuse of victim; title: and initial professional responses; title: Police and medical investigation; title: 6. Major Professional Interventions Following Disclosure; title: of Sexual Abuse; title: Criminal proceedings - English sample; title: Criminal proceedings - Canadian sample; title: Comparison of the Canadian and English legal decisions; title: Child abuse team decisions - English sample; title: Child abuse team decisions - Canadian sample; title: Summary of child protection decisions - England and Canada; title: 7. Follow-up of Victim, Perpetrator and Family - England; title: and Canada; title: Major changes; title: Symptoms of victim/s; title: Recidivism of sexual abuse by same perpetrator; title: Sexual abuse of victim by others; title: Recidivism of perpetrator with other victims; title: Other circumstances noted at follow-up; title: 8. Path Analysis of the Combined Samples; title: Introduction; title: Differences between Britain and Canada; title: 9. Conclusions and Implications of the Study; title: Description of samples; title: Different professional responses in two samples and; title: their impact on the families; title: Factors contributing to the different professional; title: responses in the two samples; title: Implications of study for social responses to incest; title: Developments in child welfare services post research; title: Summary and conclusions; title: Appendix 1; title: Roles of the Organisations Chiefly Concerned in Cases of; title: Non-accidental Injury to Children {LASSL(76)26}; title: Appendix 2; title: Guidelines for Workers re Voluntary Measures - Quebec, Canada -; title: Article 54; title: List of Abbreviations - Appendix 3 and 4; title: Appendix 3; title: Cases in English Sample; title: Appendix 4; title: Cases in Canadian Sample; title: Bibliography.