Confronting Cruelty Historical Perspectives on Child Protection in Australia
Heftet /
2002
/ Engelsk
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780522849981
Publisert
2002
Utgiver
Vendor
Melbourne University Press
Vekt
332 gr
Høyde
227 mm
Bredde
154 mm
Dybde
21 mm
Aldersnivå
U, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
248
Om bidragsyterne
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.
Confronting Cruelty investigates the history of the detection and treatment of child abuse in Australia through the lens of the Victorian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children - now the Children's Protection Society (CPS) - from 1896 to the end of the 20th century. This book explores the inner world of a child protection agency within the outer world of the broader historical context and changes in both child protection policy and the social constructions of child abuse.
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Investigates the history of the detection and treatment of child abuse through the lens of the Children's Protection Society from 1896 to the end of the 20th century. The text explores the inner world of the organization within history and the changes in law and the social constructions of abuse.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780522849981
Publisert
2002
Utgiver
Vendor
Melbourne University Press
Vekt
332 gr
Høyde
227 mm
Bredde
154 mm
Dybde
21 mm
Aldersnivå
U, P, 05, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
248