How can we seek justice and redress for the sexual abuse of children and better prevent the occurrence of such abuse?
This work brings together the thoughts on this question advanced by leading scholars, from a range of disciplinary backgrounds, from around the world. These thinkers – some also professional practitioners – provide new perspectives on sanctioned and informal responses to abuse in religious, educational and total institutions, as well as to abuse carried out in non-institutional settings. The Sexual Abuse of Children will be a valuable resource for researchers, students and those who deal with related issues in professional contexts.
Contents
Part 1. Histories of child sexual abuse
Chapter 1 Some questions of history: Prosecuting and punishing child sexual assault
Mark Finnane and Yorick Smaal
Chapter 2 Sexual assault by teachers: Historical legislative, policy and prosecutorial responses
Andy Kaladelfos and Lisa Featherstone
Chapter 3 Narratives of innocence and seduction: Historical understandings of child sexual abuse in Australia
Shurlee Swain
Chapter 4 Finding child sex abuse in the archives: The treatment of sexually offending clergy in the Church of England, 1871–1960
Timothy W. Jones
Part 2. Recognising and responding to abuse
Chapter 5 Preventing child sexual abuse: A place-based approach
Stephen Smallbone and Nadine McKillop
Chapter 6 Child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church
Karen J. Terry
Chapter 7 Community process and the identification and reporting of suspected child abuse and neglect
Suzanna Fay-Ramirez
Chapter 8 The privatisation of incest: The neglect of familial sexual abuse in Australian public inquiries
Michael Salter
Part 3. Lessons learned? Justice and redress
Chapter 9 Investigating historical allegations of sexual abuse: The investigation of suspected offenders
Mark Kebbell and Nina Westera
Chapter 10 Child sexual abuse complainants under cross-examination: The ball is in our court
Sarah O’Neill and Rachel Zajac
Chapter 11 Child sexual abuse in faith-based institutions: Gender, spiritual trauma and treatment frameworks
Deborah Sauvage and Patrick O’Leary
Chapter 12 Money for justice? Money’s meaning and purpose as redress for historical institutional abuse
Kathleen Daly
Chapter 13 New regulatory paradigms for preventing institutional child sexual abuse: Lessons from corporate crime and white-collar criminals
Simon Bronitt
