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BL
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724165
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b543884
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| Main Entry
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edited by Adele D. Jones.
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| Title & Author
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Understanding child sexual abuse : : perspectives from the Caribbean\ edited by Adele D. Jones.
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| Publication Statement
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Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013
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: illustrations
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| ISBN
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1137020059
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: 9781137020055
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| Contents
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Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Context, Theory and Caribbean Realities in Tackling Child Sexual Abuse; 1 The Nature of Paradise; 2 The Ontology and Social Construction of Childhood in the Caribbean; 3 Gendered Sexual Relations and Sexualized Gender Relations; 4 A Legal Perspective of Child Sexual Abuse in the Caribbean, with a focus on Trinidad and Tobago; 5 Using Our Brain: Understanding the Effects of Child Sexual Abuse; 6 Parental Abandonment of Children: Vulnerability to Sexual Abuse. 7 'Pimping Your Child': Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Transactional Child Sexual AbusePart II: Research and Knowledge Transfer; 8 Research on Child Sexual Abuse: Caribbean and International Perspectives; 9 A Culturally Contexted Study of Perceptions, Attitudes and Opinions on Child Sexual Abuse; 10 Deconstructing Narratives of Child Sexual Abuse; 11 IMPACT: Interventions and Mitigations to Prevent the Abuse of Children --;It's Time --;A Public Health Oriented Systems Model for Change; Conclusion; Index.
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| Abstract
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This book is the first comprehensive study of child sexual abuse in the Caribbean, exploring issues such as the ontology of childhood, links between slavery, colonialism and present-day gender-based violence, the impact of child sexual abuse on the brain and child protection after natural disasters.
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| Subject
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Child abuse -- Caribbean islands.
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Child sexual abuse -- Caribbean Area.
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Child welfare -- Caribbean islands.
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| LC Classification
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HV6570.4.C27E358 2013
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Adele Jones
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