scholarly journals ‘A Poor Prospect Indeed’: The State’s Disavowal of Child Abuse Victims in Youth Custody, 1960–1990

Societies ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jarman ◽  
Lanskey
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Duty Of Care ◽  
Discretionary Power ◽  
Criminal Trials ◽  
England And Wales ◽  
Penal Institutions ◽  
Original Documentary ◽  
Independent Inquiry

Child abuse in youth custody in England and Wales is receiving an unprecedented degree of official attention. Historic allegations of abuse by staff in custodial institutions which held children are now being heard by the courts and by the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA), and some criminal trials have resulted in convictions. A persistent question prompted by these investigations is that of why the victims of custodial child abuse were for so long denied recognition as such, or any form of redress. Drawing on original documentary research, this article aims to explain why and how state authorities in England and Wales failed to recognise the victimisation of children held in penal institutions between 1960 and 1990, and argues that this failure constitutes a disavowal of the state’s responsibility. We show that the victims of custodial child abuse were the victims of state crimes by omission, because the state failed to recognise or to uphold a duty of care. We argue further that this was possible because the occupational cultures and custodial practices of penal institutions failed to recognise the structural and agentic vulnerabilities of children. Adult staff were granted enormous discretionary power which entitled them to act (and to define their actions) without effective constraint. These findings, we suggest, have implications for how custodial institutions for children should think about the kinds of abuse which are manifest today.

Nickel Allergy From a Bed-Wetting Alarm Confused With Herpes Genitalis and Child Abuse

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 90 (3) ◽  
pp. 458-460
Author(s):  
JOHN W. HANKS ◽  
WANDA J. VENTERS
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Child Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Medical Literature ◽  
Historical Data ◽  
Herpes Genitalis ◽  
Nickel Allergy ◽  
Clinical Appearance ◽  
Tremendous Importance

The evaluation of vesicular genital rashes can be challenging for the pediatrician. The presence of an unusual genital rash should raise the concern of sexual abuse. In recent years awareness of child sexual abuse and its various presentations has increased through both lay and medical literature. When the possibility of sexual abuse arises, historical data may be difficult to elicit and can be misleading. The decision to investigate further may be based on the clinical appearance and location of the rash and the physician's level of suspicion. In this setting, the differential diagnosis of genital rashes in children assumes tremendous importance.

Child Sexual Abuse

2018 ◽  
pp. 229-258
Author(s):  
Shubham Thukral ◽  
Tania Debra Rodriguez
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Sexually Abused ◽  
Familial Risk ◽  
The Status ◽  
Familial Risk Factors ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
Intrafamilial Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Evaluation

This chapter outlines briefly the dynamics of the interplay between Child Sexual Abuse and Family. Child abuse is a state of emotional, physical, economic and sexual maltreatment meted out to a person below the age of eighteen and is a globally prevalent phenomenon. Child abuse is a violation of the basic human rights of a child and is an outcome of a set of inter-related familial factors among other ones. The primary focus is on the issues of intrafamilial and extrafamilial child sexual abuse, familial risk factors for abuse and broadly some theories that contribute to the understanding of intrafamilial child sexual abuse. The chapter also explores reactions of the family to the sexually abused child, evaluation of the interventions suitable for the same and the status of psychotherapy with respect to the sexually abused child and their family.

Child Sexual Abuse

2019 ◽  
pp. 345-375
Author(s):  
Shubham Thukral ◽  
Tania Debra Rodriguez
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Sexually Abused ◽  
Familial Risk ◽  
The Status ◽  
Familial Risk Factors ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
Intrafamilial Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Evaluation

This chapter outlines briefly the dynamics of the interplay between Child Sexual Abuse and Family. Child abuse is a state of emotional, physical, economic and sexual maltreatment meted out to a person below the age of eighteen and is a globally prevalent phenomenon. Child abuse is a violation of the basic human rights of a child and is an outcome of a set of inter-related familial factors among other ones. The primary focus is on the issues of intrafamilial and extrafamilial child sexual abuse, familial risk factors for abuse and broadly some theories that contribute to the understanding of intrafamilial child sexual abuse. The chapter also explores reactions of the family to the sexually abused child, evaluation of the interventions suitable for the same and the status of psychotherapy with respect to the sexually abused child and their family.

The interplay between poverty, unemployment, family disruption and all types of child abuse

1998 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 28-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Hood
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Doctoral Thesis ◽  
Family Disruption ◽  
Achievable Goal ◽  
Research Findings

Research findings from a study of 500 cases carried out as part of a doctoral thesis will be outline. They demonstrate the clear connection between those families whose children are notified in relation to all kinds of child abuse (including sexual abuse) and poverty, unemployment and family disruption. The multi-factorial nature of the influences which create this connection are examined. The long held belief that child sexual abuse is not related to class or poverty is challenged by these findings, pointing to the need to reconceptualise this, as well as all types of child abuse, if prevention is to be an achievable goal.

The Abusive Society: A Review Essay

2002 ◽  
Vol 35 (3) ◽  
pp. 383-402 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Pratt
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Abuse ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Social Context ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Review Essay ◽  
Recent Book ◽  
Abuse Case ◽  
The Social ◽  
English Speaking

This essay reviews a recent book on a New Zealand child abuse case which has become well-known in that country. It uses the review to explore broader issues associated with the differing and controversial forms of child sexual abuse that have come into focus in some English speaking societies over the last 20 years and the social context which has made their emergence possible.

scholarly journals Historical child sexual abuse in England and Wales: the role of historians

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (4) ◽  
pp. 411-429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adrian Bingham ◽  
Lucy Delap ◽  
Louise Jackson ◽  
Louise Settle
Keyword(s):  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
England And Wales

scholarly journals Through a Glass, Darkly: Representation and Power in Research on Organized Abuse

2013 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 152-166
Author(s):  
Michael Salter
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Sexual Abuse ◽  
Child Abuse ◽  
Life History ◽  
Child Sexual Abuse ◽  
Sexual Violence ◽  
Research Participants

This paper draws on the author’s experience undertaking life history research with adults with histories of organized child sexual abuse. Organized abuse has been a particular flashpoint for controversy in debates over child abuse and memory, but it is also a very harmful and traumatic form of sexual violence. Research participants described how, in childhood, threats and trauma kept them silent about their abuse, but in adulthood this silence was reinforced by the invalidation that accompanied their efforts to draw attention to the harms that have befallen themselves and others. This paper will examine the role of qualitative research in addressing a form of alterity whose defining characteristic is the silencing and dismissal of narrative.

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