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1 online resource : illustrations |
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text file |
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polychrome |
| Summary |
This book is the first comprehensive study of child sexual abuse in the Caribbean, exploring issues such as the ontology of childhood, links between slavery, colonialism and present-day gender-based violence, the impact of child sexual abuse on the brain and child protection after natural disasters. |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Context, Theory and Caribbean Realities in Tackling Child Sexual Abuse; 1 The Nature of Paradise; 2 The Ontology and Social Construction of Childhood in the Caribbean; 3 Gendered Sexual Relations and Sexualized Gender Relations; 4 A Legal Perspective of Child Sexual Abuse in the Caribbean, with a focus on Trinidad and Tobago; 5 Using Our Brain: Understanding the Effects of Child Sexual Abuse; 6 Parental Abandonment of Children: Vulnerability to Sexual Abuse. |
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7 'Pimping Your Child': Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Transactional Child Sexual AbusePart II: Research and Knowledge Transfer; 8 Research on Child Sexual Abuse: Caribbean and International Perspectives; 9 A Culturally Contexted Study of Perceptions, Attitudes and Opinions on Child Sexual Abuse; 10 Deconstructing Narratives of Child Sexual Abuse; 11 IMPACT: Interventions and Mitigations to Prevent the Abuse of Children -- It's Time -- A Public Health Oriented Systems Model for Change; Conclusion; Index. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Language |
English. |
| Subject |
Child sexual abuse -- Caribbean Area.
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Child sexual abuse. |
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Caribbean Area. |
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Child welfare -- Caribbean islands. |
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Child abuse -- Caribbean islands. |
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Sexual abuse & harassment -- Caribbean islands. |
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Age groups: children -- Caribbean islands. |
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PSYCHOLOGY -- Mental Illness. |
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Society. |
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Child welfare -- Caribbean islands. |
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Child abuse -- Caribbean islands. |
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Sexual abuse & harassment -- Caribbean islands. |
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Age groups: children -- Caribbean islands. |
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Society. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Jones, Adele.
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| Other Form: |
Printed edition: 9781349437412 |
| ISBN |
9781137020055 (electronic book) |
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1137020059 (electronic book) |
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9781349437412 |
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1349437417 |
| Standard No. |
10.1057/9781137020055 |
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