Free to Be Children

"Sexual abuse of children wrecks lives, families and communities. In this landmark book, well-known registered clinical psychologist Robyn Salisbury seeks the wisdom of those who have devoted many years, each in their own domain, to working with child sexual abuse. Driven by Salisbury's wish to challenge abused children's invisibility and abusive adolescent's and adult's power, this book makes a major and unique contribution to understanding how we can best tackle the tragedy of child sexual abuse as a nation, and how urgent it is that we do. From its foreword by Children's Commissioner Judge Andrew Becroft to its chapters by survivors, clinical psychologists working with both victims and offenders, the Chief Censor, experts on child trafficking and psychotherapists working in damaged communities, the expertise contained in its pages offers a blueprint for best practice for both professionals and the community, and cannot be ignored." — Provided by publisher.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 312 pages

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“If you want more of the same (crime about abuse), start with these.”

  1. The Right to Innocence
  2. Understanding abusive families
  3. Evidence-Based Approaches for the Treatment of Maltreated Children
  4. Goodbye Teddy

“If it was the child sexual abuse that hooked you, try one of these.”

  1. The psychological assessment of abused and traumatized children
  2. Devil's Child
  3. Understanding and assessing child sexual maltreatment
  4. Sexual abuse in nine North American cultures

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  1. Abused Boys: The Neglected Victims of Sexual Abuse
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  3. From Victim to Offender
  4. Working with the partners of child sex offenders