Violence and abuse in society

This book takes a comprehensive look at the understanding and treatment of child sexual abuse in psychoanalytic theory and practice, and in society as a whole.

The images of human trafficking are all too often reduced to media tales of helpless young women taken by heavily accented, dark-skinned captors-but the reality is a far cry from this stereotype.

Much of the violence that has been associated with the United States has had particular salience for the South, from its high homicide rates, or its bloody history of racial conflict, to southerners' popular attachment to guns and traditional support for capital punishment.

A shockingly intimate look at the world of honor killings, as seen through the eyes of both the perpetrators and the victims.

Get ready for the new three R's: Resist, Revolt, Rewild More than ever, people are longing for deep and meaningful change.

Using groundbreaking studies, news stories, and interviews, this book underscores that there will never be gender equity until men stop harassing women in public spaces-and it details strategies for achieving this goal.

The meaning of race in the antebellum southern United States was anchored in the racial exclusivity of slavery (coded as black) and full citizenship (coded as white as well as male).

Unsexed examines the role that sex plays in the life of one woman with two mothers who introduce her to polarized frameworks of female sexuality.

Death is never an easy subject for discussion and adults often struggle to find the right words when talking about it with children.

With contributions from internationally recognized experts, this edited volume presents original thinking on the theory, research and practice surrounding child neglect.

Human trafficking is a crime that undermines fundamental human rights and a broader sense of global order.

First book to explore print-media representations of 1970s German terrorism from an explicitly gendered perspective, while also examining media coverage of other violent women.

Winner of the 2021 SSTAR Consumer Book Award!

A comprehensive examination of the pervasive and persistent social problem of sexual violence and abuse that plagues millions of women, children, and men across the globe.

This illuminating work on one of today's most provocative issues provides all the necessary information for careful, critical thinking about the concept of sexual harassment.

Die Bundesregierung hat sich auf die Fahnen geschrieben, bis 2013 für bundesweit 35 % der Kinder im Alter unter 3 Jahren Betreuungsplätze in Tageseinrichtungen und in Kindertagespflege zu schaffen.

With an emphasis on promoting self-reliance, autonomy and independence, this exciting new book provides a contemporary and holistic analysis of the childhood resilience.

This book brings together academics and advocates to explore an emerging issue: the use of technology by perpetrators of domestic and family violence.

Media technologies do not simply record or represent trauma but transform trauma into a cultural form that is multifariously commodified in different contexts.

Sex Therapy with Religious Patients is a comprehensive guidebook for mental health professionals who work with those struggling with sexual issues within a religious context.

This book provides a comprehensive understanding of youth development and protection in the Indian context.

This collection of essays reflects the current interdisciplinary and international nature of the history of nursing scholarship.

Examine the major advances in sexual offender treatment over the last decade and promising new concepts in treatment, supervision, and research Sex Offender Treatment: Accomplishments, Challenges, and Future Directions points the way toward humane, dignified, effective treatment regimes for sexual offenders.

Modern Slavery: A Reference Handbook provides a thorough treatment of the evolving scope, nature, and contexts of modern slavery and a discussion of prevention and abolition efforts in an accessible format for high school and college readers.

Working to reconcile the Christian dictum to "e;love one's neighbor as oneself"e; with evidence of U.

This ethnographic research investigates how adolescents use writing.

This intimate guide offers readers step-by-step suggestions to build traction and create momentum in any stage of healing through illuminating case studies, memoir snapshots, as well as applicable action steps.

This textbook provides an engaging guide to psychosocial theories of child and adolescents' wellbeing, demonstrating how psychology and sociology can be used to address key contemporary issues for those working with children and adolescents.

Focuses on the concept phase of the project to resolve complex challenges in the Old Fadama slum of Accra, Ghana.

This timely and accessible volume takes a fresh approach to a question of increasing public concern: whether or not the federal government should regulate media violence.

Over the course of two years, Jennifer Doyle filed multiple harassment complaints with her campus's Title IX office and one with the Department of Labor.

A guide for therapists and counselors, Pre-Marital Counseling addresses the common problems couples face when starting or considering marriage.

For families who have experienced the death of a child, their private tragedy is all too often exacerbated by an inappropriate or incompetent professional response.

This text presents the foundations of correctional treatment and intervention, including overviews of the major therapeutic modalities that are effective when intervening with justice-involved individuals to reduce ongoing system involvement and improve well-being.

Graphic depictions of crime in Mexico abound in the global imagination, fueled not merely by media representations, but also by an abundant body of scholarship that reproduces grotesque, simplistic characterizations of Mexico's people, cities and towns as crime-ridden and almost inherently violent.

An eye-opening portrait of the gun sellers who navigated the social turmoil leading up to the January 6 Capitol attackGun sellers sell more than just guns.

Considers how to implement children''s rights in the twenty-first century through a child rights-based approach to sustainable development.

How do you apply the principles, structures and processes of the law to everyday practice?

A partir de discusiones recientes sobre modernidad y posmodernidad en América Latina, enfatiza la necesidad de replantear el concepto de violencia en Colombia.

'A vivid, inspiring and sometimes poetic history of modern Iraq' - miriam cookeFollowing the US invasion of Iraq in 2003, many Iraqi academics were assassinated.

Helping the Struggling Adolescent is your first resource to turn to when a teen you know is in trouble.

Identifying the most serious challenges faced in child protection work, this practical guide offers helpful solutions for frontline professionals working with children and adults.

Specialized public resources for survivors of intimate partner violence (IPV) are increasingly common and diverse--from protection order courts and dedicated domestic violence units in police precincts to a vast network of community-based emergency shelters and counseling services.

Lost Childhoods focuses on the life-course histories of thirty young men serving time in the Pennsylvania adult prison system for crimes they committed when they were minors.

Violence against women is a pervasive problem in society and responding appropriately to those who experience it and those who perpetrate it is a constant challenge for social work, health and related professions today.

Americans today live with conflicting ideas about day care.

In the last 20 years, the related phenomena of honour-based violence and forced marriages have received increasing attention at the international and European level.

Today's electricity industry - large power stations feeding a nationwide grid - will soon be a thing of the past.

Now in its fourth edition, this is the classic assessment of the state of child well-being in the United Kingdom.

With statistics showing that 1 in 5 women have experienced some form of sexual abuse, it is likely that all birth professionals will support a survivor of such abuse at some point during their career.