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Governing Child Abuse Voices and Victimisation: The Use of Public Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse in Christian Institutions book cover

1st Edition

Governing Child Abuse Voices and Victimisation The Use of Public Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse in Christian Institutions

By Jodi Death Copyright 2018
176 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

176 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

176 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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Child sexual abuse by clergy within the Roman Catholic Church has emerged as a social and political discourse over the last three decades. The analysis here specifically focuses on the establishment, conduct, and outcomes of the extensive public inquiries of Australia, although inquiries in other jurisdictions are also discussed. Unlike criminal or civil processes, although they may be... Read more

Prelude

1. Victims of CSA as politicised subjects

2. Recognising the ‘I’ in justice: Political subjects, public inquiry and CSA

3. Media, power and the significance of voice

4. Public inquiry as good governance: the Christian Brothers of WA

5. Moderating responsibility: Responses of the RCC to public inquiry

6. Public inquiry and discursive spaces: future directions

Index

Biography

Dr Jodi Death is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Justice, Queensland University of Technology, Australia. Dr Death has a background working in Child Protection and has been researching the perpetration of CSA in institutions for over a decade. The primary focus of this work has been listening to and understanding the perspectives of surviors of clergy perpetrated child sexual abuse.

"This is an important and timely book, providing an insightful analysis into the production of truth in the inquiries into historical abuse taking place across the West. By highlighting the interplay between an emerging victim voice, the media and the Roman Catholic Church it shows how child sexual abuse has moved from the private to the public sphere, threatening the power and reputation of previously trusted and respected institutions both now and into the future."

- Shurlee Swain, Professor of Humanities, National School of Arts, Australian Catholic University

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