Items related to What's Mother Got to do with it?: Protecting Children...
A child's disclosure of sexual abuse can wreak havoc in many lives, especially that of the child's mother. Julia Krane offers a first-hand look into everyday protection practices of child welfare from the perspective of mothers of sexually abused children and their female social workers, charting women's complex, contradictory, and often costly relations with the child welfare arm of the Canadian state Drawing on interviews with social workers and mothers of sexually abused children, examinations of client files and court documents, and reviews of training and procedural manuals, Krane argues that child welfare procedures designed to protect children and help parents instead end up scrutinizing mothers for their inadequacies, transforming them into a protective labour force expected to safeguard their children. Protection practices, she contends, essentially reproduce legacies of mother blame and responsibility for the child's sexual abuse, relieving the abuser and the state of all liability. In conclusion, Krane uses her analysis to identify areas with potential for change, such as creating practice environments that render explicit the gendered nature of protection, offering support to women in their protective efforts, and allowing opportunities for women to explore and reflect on the context of maternal care and protection. This study lays bare another layer of gender in relation to child sexual abuse, and locates child welfare practice in feminist scholarly debates about women and the welfare state.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author:
Julia Krane is an associate professor in the School of Social Work at McGill University.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherUniversity of Toronto Press
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0802079210
- ISBN 13 9780802079213
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages208
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
What's Mother Got to Do with It?: Protecting Children from Sexual Abuse
Published by
University of Toronto Press
(2003)
ISBN 10: 0802079210
ISBN 13: 9780802079213
Used
Paperback
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 0.75. Seller Inventory # G0802079210I4N00
Buy Used
£ 4.91
Convert currency
Seller Image
What's Mother Got to Do with It: Protecting Children from Sexual Abuse
Published by
Univ. of Toronto Press
(2003)
ISBN 10: 0802079210
ISBN 13: 9780802079213
Used
Softcover (Stiff Card)
First Edition
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Softcover (Stiff Card). Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. First Edition. First softcover edition. Size: Octavo (standard book size). Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Self Help & Motivation; Family & Relationships. ISBN: 0802079210. ISBN/EAN: 9780802079213. All our pictures shown here are of the actual item, not stock photos. Inventory No: 23282. For further info on this title, click on the "Contact Seller" button within this listing. We will try to reply within 24 hours. Otherwise you can order right now (inclusive of shipping options) from the "Add to Basket" button to the right. Seller Inventory # 23282
Buy Used
£ 15.18
Convert currency
Stock Image
What*s Mother Got to do with it: Protecting Children from Sexual Abuse
Published by
University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing
(2003)
ISBN 10: 0802079210
ISBN 13: 9780802079213
Used
Paperback
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Like New. Like New. book. Seller Inventory # D7S9-1-M-0802079210-6
Buy Used
£ 63.92
Convert currency