Confronting Cruelty

by Shurlee Swain and Dorothy Scott

Confronting Cruelty investigates the history of the detection and treatment of child abuse in Australia.

The problem of child abuse seems to have escalated in recent years. Were there any 'battered babies' before the 1960s? Is the sexual abuse of children a recent phenomenon? The subject is often discussed in the media with little or no awareness that it has a long history. Confronting Cruelty examines our changing understanding...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0522849989
• ISBN13: 9780522849981
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Melbourne University
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 7.9"