Confronting Cruelty: Historical Perspectives on Child Protection in Australia
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
Confronting Cruelty: Historical Perspectives on Child Protection in Australia
By (Author) Dorothy Scott
By (author) Shurlee Swain
Melbourne University Press
Melbourne University Press
15th February 2002
Australia
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Child abuse
362.760994
Physical Properties
Paperback
248
Width 154mm, Height 227mm, Spine 21mm
332g
Description
Confronting Cruelty investigates the history of the detection and treatment of child abuse in Australia through the lens of the Victorian Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children - now the Children's Protection Society (CPS) - from 1896 to the end of the 20th century. This book explores the inner world of a child protection agency within the outer world of the broader historical context and changes in both child protection policy and the social constructions of child abuse.
Author Bio
Dr Dorothy Scott is Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Melbourne. She is a leading figure in the field of child protection in Australia, and is well known to ABC radio listeners for her contributions on child abuse and neglect. Dr Shurlee Swain is a Senior Lecturer in History at the Australian Catholic University and a Senior Research Fellow in the Department of History at the University of Melbourne. She has published widely in social welfare history.
