Kategoria BISAC: Family & Relationships >> Abuse - Child Abuse

Her mother was raped. This is how Melanie was born. For years, the sight of Melanie's face reminded her mother of the sexual assault, so Melanie herself was verbally and physically abused through childhood. But Melanie's obligation was to love and honor her mother, she told herself. This is what Melanie believed as a Christian, and it's what she believed even more so after converting to Islam.

In the Qur'an, God commanded, "Reverence the wombs that bore you." But what if those wombs broke you, and incited deep emotional trauma? What then?

In this groundbreaking book about...

What constitutes normal sexual behaviour in children? What is sexualized behaviour? How do children disclose their experiences of child sexual abuse? How do we assess child sexual abuse? What are the long term consequences of child sexual abuse? This book answers these and many more questions about child sexual abuse. Despite major advances in research and practice within the field, misconceptions remain that may have significant impacts on the recognition, understanding and investigation of child sexual abuse. This book provides an evidence-based examination of the key issues and includes...

What constitutes normal sexual behaviour in children? What is sexualized behaviour? How do children disclose their experiences of child sexual abuse? How do we assess child sexual abuse? What are the long term consequences of child sexual abuse? This book answers these and many more questions about child sexual abuse. Despite major advances in research and practice within the field, misconceptions remain that may have significant impacts on the recognition, understanding and investigation of child sexual abuse. This book provides an evidence-based examination of the key issues and includes...

It is no exaggeration to say that we were tortured; physically, mentally, emotionally and sexually.

For a long time I felt so close to the 'funny farm', barely able to deal with the scars from my youth. There has been nothing therapeutic in my quest to expose the truth, and delving deeper into the wounds has been hard and painful.

It took decades for me to first face and then piece together the fragments of my life at a children's home run by the Catholic Church, to pull the hazy images out of the shadows of my mind and bring them into sharp focus. Slowly,...

Jamarr's Promise is the shocking true story of Kristin I. Morris' fight to protect a nine-year-old child, Jamarr Cruz, that ended in his tragic death and New Jersey's Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS)'s denial of its responsibility in the case.

As a caseworker for DYFS, Kristin helped many children and families; it was her life's passion. Nine-year-old Jamarr was living with his grandparents after his mother's boyfriend, Vincent Williams, beat him repeatedly. Jamarr told Kristin it was not safe for him to return home. Kristin urgently tried to keep Jamarr safe...