Child Abuse and Child Abusers

Sexually abused children and young people speak out, Jacquie Roberts and Cathy Taylor; The impact of child protection intervention on parents and children, Elaine Farmer; The aftermath of child sexual abuse: the women's perspective, Harriet Dempster; Child sexual abusers: Challenging myths, Russell Dobash, et al; The origins of exploitative sexuality: the challenge of conducting useful research, David Glasgow; Evaluating parenting in child physical abuse, Lorraine Waterhouse and Tom Pitcairn; Working together in child protection, Christine Hallett; The Children Act 1989 and Child protection: European comparisons, Jim Christopherson; Children's hearings: A legal perspective after Orkney, Joe Thompson; Child protection services: A case of discrimination? Robin Clark; Facing the facts: self help as a response to child sexual abuse, Siobhan Lloyd; The case for and against prevention, David Gough.

By its scholarly quality, [this book] raises a host of questions remaining to be explored... The range and depth of the matters here considered set child abuse in a wide context; social, legal and professional... There is much in this book which affords us a valuable opportunity to stand back and reflect critically on where we stand.