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Children Forsaken: Child Abuse from Ancient to Modern Times
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Children Forsaken: Child Abuse from Ancient to Modern Times

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A shocking reminder of the cruel history of childhood that has been largely hidden and forgotten.

Children Forsaken provides a long, historical, overarching examination of the phenomenon of child abuse. In the UK battered child syndrome was ‘discovered’ in the 1960s, whilst child sexual abuse gained attention in the early 1980s. Subsequent enquiries, legislation and practice developments have focused narrowly on reacting to events giving the impression that child abuse is a recent problem.

Yet the historical record provides a multitude of examples of the ritual slaughter, sexual and physical abuse of children continuing since Ancient times. This book place child abuse in the context of the way children and childhood have been understood throughout the ages, but also show that despite legal definitions, and children’s rights laws, children and young people continue to suffer.

This book enables practitioners and those training in the helping professions to gain a deeper understanding of how embedded in human society child abuse has been and still is. Practitioners need to perceive child abuse as a long-standing problem about children’s status in the World, their legal and human rights, and that much work is still needed to ensure children’s needs and safety are paramount.

This ambitious book paints an important and erudite picture of child abuse and social responses to it, bringing us up-to-date with a call for continued vigilance, compassion, and action.

Professor Jonathan Parker, Bournemouth University

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Critical Publishing Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Date
12 July 2021
Pages
184
ISBN
9781913453817

A shocking reminder of the cruel history of childhood that has been largely hidden and forgotten.

Children Forsaken provides a long, historical, overarching examination of the phenomenon of child abuse. In the UK battered child syndrome was ‘discovered’ in the 1960s, whilst child sexual abuse gained attention in the early 1980s. Subsequent enquiries, legislation and practice developments have focused narrowly on reacting to events giving the impression that child abuse is a recent problem.

Yet the historical record provides a multitude of examples of the ritual slaughter, sexual and physical abuse of children continuing since Ancient times. This book place child abuse in the context of the way children and childhood have been understood throughout the ages, but also show that despite legal definitions, and children’s rights laws, children and young people continue to suffer.

This book enables practitioners and those training in the helping professions to gain a deeper understanding of how embedded in human society child abuse has been and still is. Practitioners need to perceive child abuse as a long-standing problem about children’s status in the World, their legal and human rights, and that much work is still needed to ensure children’s needs and safety are paramount.

This ambitious book paints an important and erudite picture of child abuse and social responses to it, bringing us up-to-date with a call for continued vigilance, compassion, and action.

Professor Jonathan Parker, Bournemouth University

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Critical Publishing Ltd
Country
United Kingdom
Date
12 July 2021
Pages
184
ISBN
9781913453817