The Hostage Child: Sex Abuse Allegations in Custody Disputes - Hardcover

Rosen, Leora N.; Etlin, Michelle

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0253330459 ISBN 13: 9780253330451

Verlag: Indiana University Press, 1996

Inhaltsangabe

A hard-hitting account of the failure of our system for protecting abused children, and a bold proposal for change.

Über diesen Titel

Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

LEORA N. ROSEN earned a doctorate in Social Anthropology from Witwatersrand University, in her native South Africa, and a Masters of Public Health from Columbia University. She took part in the campaign to free Elizabeth Morgan, was one of the founders of Alliance for the Rights of Children, and helped start Operation Z, a child-advocacy organization. MICHELLE ETLIN is a volunteer activist and advocate for mothers and children. A philosophical founding mother of Operation Z, she has appeared on national television programs on custody and child abuse, including Geraldo, Cross-Fire, and Headlines on Trial.

LEORA N. ROSEN earned a doctorate in Social Anthropology from Witwatersrand University, in her native South Africa, and a Masters of Public Health from Columbia University. She took part in the campaign to free Elizabeth Morgan, was one of the founders of Alliance for the Rights of Children, and helped start Operation Z, a child-advocacy organization. MICHELLE ETLIN is a volunteer activist and advocate for mothers and children. A philosophical founding mother of Operation Z, she has appeared on national television programs on custody and child abuse, including Geraldo, Cross-Fire, and Headlines on Trial.

Von der hinteren Coverseite

It is comfortable to believe that incest and child sexual abuse need not concern us because we have institutions to deal with these problems. This book disallows that complacency and shows that the systems has failed, and worse - that it has generated a dangerous atmosphere of denial and cover-up. Focusing on five case studies, Rosen and Etlin expose a systemic breakdown so fundamental, so irrational, and so shocking that the necessity of radical reform becomes patent. While explaining the historical, social, and psychological backdrop for this state of affairs, the authors refuse to minimize the problem. They demonstrate that most of the solutions being proposed by professionals in the field are doomed to frustration and failure. In their final chapter, Rosen and Etlin present a proposal for relief. While it is too late to undo the damage already done by the combined forces of child sexual abuse and institutional denial, this book can at least serve the children now trapped - like hostages - in this social war.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1996
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0253330459
• ISBN 13: 9780253330451
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Anzahl der Seiten: 225
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Nicht verfügbar
• Verantwortliche Person: Nicht verfügbar