1st Edition
From Victim to Offender How child sexual abuse victims become offenders
By Freda Briggs
Copyright 1995
184 Pages
by
Routledge
184 Pages
by
Routledge
192 Pages
by
Routledge
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Tom was the only adult who gave me the attention and affection that I so badly needed. I loved his caresses and the times he comforted me. I loved talking to him because he was the only adult who listened and understood. - Neil's Story From Victim to Offender shows how victims of child sexual abuse become juvenile and adult offenders. The stories told by these offenders reveal the... Read more
Preface
1 Perspectives on offenders
2 In search of love
3 Unholy orders
4 Children in the 'care and protection' of the State
5 Little Jim
6 'It did me no harm - I did no harm'
7 Child prostitution and the law
8 The greatest taboo of all
9 One law for the rich and another for the rest of us
Postscript: Boys - the forgotten victims
1 Perspectives on offenders
2 In search of love
3 Unholy orders
4 Children in the 'care and protection' of the State
5 Little Jim
6 'It did me no harm - I did no harm'
7 Child prostitution and the law
8 The greatest taboo of all
9 One law for the rich and another for the rest of us
Postscript: Boys - the forgotten victims
Biography
Freda Briggs has an international reputation as an expert on child abuse and is Professor at the De Lissa Institute of Early Childhood and Family Studies at the University of South Australia. She is author (with Russell Hawkins) of Child Protection, and sole author of Teaching Personal Safety Skills to Children with Disabilities, Why My Child?, Keep Children Safe, and Child Sexual Abuse.
