Confronting Cruelty
Historical Perspectives of Child Protection in Australia
$73.70
- Paperback
248 pages
- Release Date
15 February 2002
Summary
Confronting Cruelty investigates the history of the detection and treatment of child abuse in Australia.The problem of child abuse seems to have escalated in recent years. Were there any ‘battered babies’ before the 1960s? Is the sexual abuse of children a recent phenomenon? The subject is often discussed in the media with little or no awareness that it has a long history.Confronting Cruelty examines our changing understanding of what cruelty is, the continuing neglect and abuse of children i…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522849981 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0522849989 |
| Author: | Dorothy Scott, Shurlee Swain |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | Melbourne University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 248 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 15 February 2002 |
| Weight: | 320g |
| Dimensions: | 227mm x 154mm x 21mm |
About The Author
Dorothy Scott
Dr Dorothy Scott is Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Melbourne. She is a leading figure in the field of child protection in Australia, and is well known to ABC radio listeners for her contributions on child abuse and neglect.Dr Shurlee Swain is a Senior Lecturer in History at the Australian Catholic University and a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of History at the University of Melbourne. She has published widely in social welfare history.
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