Child Sexual Abuse (Family Life)
By Jean La Fontaine.
Description
This unique and objective book considers the phenomenon of incest and its relation to the sexual abuse of children from the perspective of social anthropology. Jean La Fontaine assesses the myths and realities surrounding the abuser as well as the abused. She shows how `explanations' such as the child's sexual behaviour, children's fantasies and the relationship between parents and children have been used to deny the occurrence of sexual abuse. By examining definitions of child sexual abuse in the law, definitions used by social workers, psychologists and by abused adults an...
ISBN(s)
0745605613, 9780745605616
