Warner, Sam

Understanding the effects of child sexual abuse feminist revolutions in theory, research and practice / [electronic resource] : Sam Warner - London ; New York : Routledge, c2009 - 1 online resource (xiii, 285 p.) : ill. - Women and psychology . - Women and psychology .

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 253-275) and index

Theory. Ethical praxis : applying a feminist post-structuralist perspective ; Disordered and abnormal mainstream misrecognition of women and child sexual abuse ; Dangerous desires : child sexual abuse, mental disorder and the mass media ; Using radical politics to understand child sexual abuse : changing concerns in women's theory, activism and therapy -- Research. Critical research practices and ethical methodologies : researching women and child sexual abuse ; Mad, bad or dangerous? : women's routes into 'special' maximum-security mental hospitals ; Women surviving in secure care : making sense of the effects of childhood sexual abuse ; Special care and childhood sexual abuse : working with women in secure mental hospitals -- Practice. Visible therapy with women and girls : reworking the effects of childhood sexual abuse ; Critical practices in child protection : social framework evidence and the expert witness ; Mothers, children and protective practices : making links between domestic violence and child sexual abuse ; Beyond deviance and damnation : working with women and girls in secure care contexts.


Mode of access : Internet

9780203938959 (electronic bk.) 020393895X (electronic bk.)


Child sexual abuse
Adult child sexual abuse victims
Abused women--Mental health
Abused women--Institutional care
Feminist theory