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Aboriginal Child Removal
ADHD Diagnosis
Attention Deficit Disorder
Author_Richard Hil
Bob Jacobs
Carrie Buck
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Chief Protector
Child Removal
Child Removal Policies
children
Civil Society
DSM Process
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Forde Inquiry
generations
Guardianship Tribunals
half
Half Caste Population
Homes Run
indigenous
Indigenous Child Removal
Indigenous Children
indigenous welfare Australia
Institutional Abuses
institutional child abuse
Institutionalised Mistrust
Moira Rayner
Native Welfare
NSW Department
part-Aboriginal Children
Peter Kelly
population
protector
psychiatric oppression children
Rob Watts
Robert van Krieken
Ruth Weber
Sharon Lacey
social policy analysis
State Colony
stolen
Stolen Generations
surveillance in care institutions
Susanne Davies
systemic betrayal research
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Torres Strait Islander Children
UK's Refugee
UK’s Refugee
Uschi Bay
Van Krieken
youth protection systems
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- ISBN 9781138263956
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 15 Nov 2016
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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The past few decades have brought to light increasing evidence of systemic and repeated institutional abuse of children and young people in many western nations. Government enquiries, research studies and media reports have begun to highlight the widespread nature of sexual, physical and emotional abuse of vulnerable children and young people. However, while public attention has focused on 'episodic-dramatic' representations of institutional abuse, comparatively little emphasis has been given to the more mundane, routinized and systemic nature of abuse that has occurred. This book documents comprehensively a full range of abuse occurring in 'caring' and 'protective' institutions, with particular reference to the Australian case. The dominant theme is 'betrayal' and in particular the ways in which agencies charged with the care and protection of children and young people become the sites of abusive practices. The authors draw on a range of theoretical frameworks to explore issues of trust and betrayal in the context of the professional and ethical obligations which workers have to those in their charge. The authors argue that it is not sufficient merely to report on accounts of institutional abuse or the consequences of particular practices; rather it is necessary to locate the prevalence of institutional abuse in the wider context of institutional practices as they relate to the 'governance' of particular sections of the population.
Judith Bessant is Professor in the School of Social Science and Planning at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, (RMIT), Melbourne, Australia. She teaches and researches in the areas of youth studies, social policy, history and sociology, and is the author of a number of books and many articles in national and international journals. Richard Hil is Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences at Southern Cross University in New South Wales, Australia. Rob Watts is Professor of Social Policy in the School of Social Science and Planning, at Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University, Australia. He is the author/co-author of Foundations of the National Welfare State (1987), Arguing About the Welfare State (1992), Sociology Australia (2003), and Talking Policy (2006).
