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9780522849981

Confronting Cruelty Child Protect Australia

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  • ISBN13:

    9780522849981

  • ISBN10:

    0522849989

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-02-15
  • Publisher: Melbourne University Press
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Summary

Overview of the history of the detection and treatment of child abuse in Australia from 1896 to the present, from the point of view of the Victorian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (now the Children's Protection Society). Explores the evolving definitions and treatment of child abuse over time, and to what extent it is a modern phenomenon. Includes notes, bibliography and index. Scott is Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Melbourne. Swain is a Senior Lecturer at same.

Author Biography

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.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations vi
Illustrations
vii
Tables
viii
Acknowledgements ix
Preface xi
The Image of the Child
1(10)
The Cry of the Children has Finally Been Heard
11(22)
Launching the Great Crusade
33(27)
Poverty is a Factor but not an Excuse
60(29)
Civilisation Hangs in the Balance
89(10)
Neglect in the Midst of Plenty
99(21)
The Second Wave of the Child Rescue Movement: `The Battered Baby Syndrome'
120(16)
Child Protection: Whose Rights? Whose Responsibility?
136(14)
Child Sexual Abuse: From Freud to Feminism and Beyond
150(24)
The Pendulum Swings: A Century of Child Protection Ends
174(15)
Notes 189(16)
Bibliography 205(11)
Index 216

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