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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.

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Author:   A. Jones
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   4.728kg
ISBN:  

9781137020048

ISBN 10:   1137020040
Pages:   282
Publication Date:   29 January 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction; L.Joseph PART I: CONTEXT, THEORY AND CARIBBEAN REALITIES IN TACKLING CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE The Nature of Paradise; P.Maharaj The Ontology and Social Construction of Childhood in the Caribbean; S.Burns Gendered Sexual Relations and Sexualised Gender Relations; E.Trotman Jemmott & P.Maharaj Crossing the Threshold: A Legal Perspective of Child Sexual Abuse in the Caribbean, with a focus on Trinidad and Tobago; B.Lambert Peterson Using our Brain: Understanding the Effects of Child Sexual Abuse; E.Trotman Jemmott Parental Abandonment of Children: Vulnerability to Sexual Abuse; H.Da Breo 'Pimping your Child': Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Transactional Child Sexual Abuse; A.Jones PART II: RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER Research on Child Sexual Abuse: Caribbean and International Perspectives; L.Rocke A Culturally-contexted Study of Perceptions, Attitudes and Opinions on Child Sexual Abuse; A.Jones & E.Trotman Jemmott Deconstructing Narratives of Child Sexual Abuse; A.Jones IMPACT: Interventions and Mitigations to Prevent the Abuse of Children – it's Time. A Public Health Oriented Systems Model for Change; D.Pasura, A.D.Jones & H.Da Breo Conclusion; A.Jones

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SHERON BURNS Education Officer for Early Childhood, University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago HAZEL DA BREO Legal Aid and Counselling Clinic in Grenada, Grenada ENA TROTMAN JEMMOTT, University of Huddersfield, UK LORITA JOSEPH School Guidance Counsellor at the University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago PRIYA MAHARAJ Lecturer at the University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago DOMINIC PASURA Research Fellow in the School of Human and Health Sciences at Huddersfield University, UK BETSY ANN LAMBERT PETERSON, Trinidad and Tobago Judicial Education Institute, Trinidad and Tobago LETNIE F. ROCK Head of the Department of Government, Sociology and Social Work at the University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago

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