1st Edition

Mothers Surviving Child Sexual Abuse

By Carol-Ann Hooper Copyright 1992
    212 Pages
    by Routledge

    212 Pages
    by Routledge

    Despite increased recognition of the high incidence of child sexual abuse, little attention has so far been paid to the women on whom children primarily depend for care adn protection - their mothers. Informed by theory and research on other situations involving loss, secrecy and moral dilemmas, as well as the rapidly accumulating knowledge of child sexual abuse, Mothers Surviving Child Sexual Abuse offers a new analysis of mother's reactions and resposes, presenting a fresh perspective on a shocking porblem for practitioners and policy-makers involved in child protection, as well as students and lecturers of social work and social studies and women's studies.

    Chapter 1 Child sexual abuse and mothers; Chapter 2 The study; Chapter 3 Loss; Chapter 4 Finding out; Chapter 5 Working it out; Chapter 6 Help-seeking decisions and experience of informal help; Chapter 7 Statutory help and experience of intervention; Chapter 8 Conclusions;

    Biography

    Carol-Ann Hooper is Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of York.