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      Child Sexual Abuse book

      Moral Panic or State of Denial?

      Child Sexual Abuse

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      Child Sexual Abuse book

      Moral Panic or State of Denial?
      ByDavid Pilgrim
      Edition 1st Edition
      First Published 2018
      eBook Published 2 February 2018
      Pub. Location London
      Imprint Routledge
      DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351264563
      Pages 204
      eBook ISBN 9781351264563
      Subjects Health and Social Care
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      Pilgrim, D. (2018). Child Sexual Abuse: Moral Panic or State of Denial? (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781351264563

      ABSTRACT

      Child sexual abuse is a major public policy challenge. Many child protection measures were beginning to reduce its occurrence. However, that progress was impeded by online grooming, the downloading of indecent images of children and even their abuse online in real time. This now places major demands on national and international policing. The book brings together groundbreaking case studies from a wide range of settings. As well as family members and those near the home, offenders can also be found in religious, sporting and childcare settings.

      This extensive picture is drawn deliberately in order to highlight a split in the academic analysis of child sexual abuse. The mainstream or orthodox view, defended by the author, is that child sexual abuse is an under-reported crime. However, a minority view, presented but criticised, is that it is a moral panic created by public hysteria, child protection experts and campaigning politicians. By the end of the book, this division of academic opinion and its implications for public policy are explored in detail.

      The book is essential reading for anyone interested in preventing child sexual abuse and the dilemmas of responding to both victims and perpetrators. It will be of particular use to practitioners in social work, the police and in the mental health professions.

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      chapter |9 pages

      Introduction

      chapter 1|17 pages

      Sleazy politicians and celebrities

      chapter 2|18 pages

      Conspiracies and conspiracy theories

      chapter 3|15 pages

      There’s no place like home?

      chapter 4|16 pages

      The religious betrayal of children

      chapter 5|20 pages

      The Trojan HorseWorking with children

      chapter 6|17 pages

      Street life and the sexual exploitation of children

      chapter 7|18 pages

      Lessons from down under

      chapter 8|14 pages

      Is child sexual abuse a moral panic?

      chapter 9|22 pages

      Political defenders of ‘intergenerational sex’

      chapter 10|21 pages

      Protecting children from sexual victimisation

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