Child Abuse and Child Abusers

Lorraine Waterhouse is Professor of Social Work in the Department of Social Work at the University of Edinburgh.

• 1. Sexually abused children and young people speak out. Jacquie Roberts and Cathy Taylor, Polepark, Dundee. 2. The impact of child protection intervention on parents and children. Elaine Farmer, Bristol University. 3. The aftermath of child sexual abuse: the women's perspective. Harriet Dempster, Scottish Office. 4. Child sexual abusers: Challenging myths, Russell Dobash, Jim Carnie and Lorraine Waterhouse, Cardiff and Edinburgh Universities. 5. The origins of exploitative sexuality: the challenge of conducting useful research, David Glasgow, Liverpool University. 6. Evaluating parenting in child physical abuse, Lorraine Waterhouse and Tom Pitcairn, Edinburgh University. 7. Working together in child protection, Christine Hallett, Stirling University. 8. The Children Act 1989 and Child protection: European comparisons, Jim Christopherson, Nottingham University. 9. Children's hearings: A legal perspective after Orkney, Joe Thompson, Glasgow University. 10. Child protection services: A case of discrimination? Robin Clark, Social services, Victoria, Australia. 11. Facing the facts: self help as a response to child sexual abuse, Siobhan Lloyd, Aberdeen University. 12. The case for and against prevention, David Gough, Japan Woman's University.

This is not "just another" book about child abuse. It is a book of breadth and depth... There are extensive references for each chapter... In view of the growing recognition that practice and research with survivors and with their families needs to inform and to be informed by practice and research with abusers, it is good to read a book which addresses issues for these three groups... The best book on child abuse I have read for some time... I am happy to recommend the book to practitioners, trainers and educators.