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A selected list of sources on Child Abuse

Terms to browse the PAC at:
CHILD ABUSE, ABUSED CHILDREN, SEXUALLY ABUSED CHILDREN

Vertical File: Child abuse


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Child Abuse : awareness information for people in the workplace. Ottawa - Health Canada,1995 – guide for different presentations about reporting child abuse – N.B. other material nearby – GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT ASK AT REFERENCE DESK UNACCESSIONED H72-21/128

Child maltreatment data collection and related issues: selected bibliography. Ottawa : National Clearinghouse on Family Violence, 1997. – catalogue of publications on sexual, psychological and physical child abuse and abstracts - GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT ASK AT REFERENCE DESK. UNACCESSIONED H49-110.

Meston, John. Child Abuse and neglect prevention programs. Ottawa: Vanier Institute of the Family,1993 – useful listings of associations and services – REFERENCE ROOM REF 362.7 M586 E

Moorehead , Caroline Betrayal: a report on violence toward children in today’s world. New York: Doubleday,1990. – report of lives of abused children around the world and the resources available to them - ADULT DEPT. NON-FICTION 362.7004 B551


Violence in the family

Camden, Elizabeth If he comes back he’s mine ; a mother’s story of child abuse. Toronto: Women’s Press, c1984 – autobiographical account of a woman who battered her child - ADULT DEPT. NON-FICTION 362.7044 C179 9C

Kurland, Morton L. , Coping with family violence. New York: Rosen Publishing Group, 1990 easy to understand examination of violence in the family - causes and effects – moves toward prevention and resolution - ADULT DEPT. NON-FICTION 362.82 K96

Pillari, Vimala, Scapegoating in families: intergenerational patterns of physical and emotional abuse. New York : Brunner/Mazel , c1991. – effect on children of scapegoating – ADULT DEPT. NON-FICTION 618.92 P641


Child Sexual Abuse

- Steed, Judy. Our little secret: confronting child sexual abuse in Canada. Toronto: Random House, 1994. – Bringing sexual abuse in Canada into the open - ADULT DEPT. NON-FICTION 362.7 S813

The invisible boy: revisioning the victimization of male children and teens. Ottawa : health Canada, 1997. – analysis of statistics regarding sexual abuse of male children and teens – designed to provoke thought - GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT ASK AT REFERENCE DESK UNACCESSIONED H72-21 143


Bibliography of periodical articles about child abuse

“Are your kids safe? From hockey to schools to scouting, the hunt is on for sexual predators” Macleans February 10 ’97 cover 42-6

“Brazil and UNICEF join to end child prostitution.” UN Chronicle v 34 no 4 p56 ’97

“ Day in the life:… the grim reality of child abuse is captured in the stories of tormented kids and the men and women who work to protect them.” People Weekly December15 ’97 cover 48-50

“Fragile, handle with care : shaken baby syndrome can cause blindness, developmental delays and permanent brain damage.” Newsweek Spring, Summer ’97 p33

“Martial madness: kickboxing in Thailand is a traditional art, but in its exploitation of children, it also a disturbing one.” Sports Illustrated July 14 ’97 p60-9, 73

“My 14-year-old daughter tells me that a teacher has kissed and groped. What should we do?” Chatelaine (Eng) December ’98 p26, 28

“Striking a nerve: a child pornography ruling may be overturned.” Maclean’s February 1 ’99 p27

“Taking a stand: an ER rule of thumb: be suspicious of parents with an injured child who want to leave quickly ( child neglect and child abuse). Discover July ’97 p36,38+

“You must remember this: - war raging around recovered memories.” Chatelaine (Eng) September ’97 p40 –1, 43+

The crimebusters who save kids (Fighting the Internet related child molestation and child pornography)” Ladies Home Journal November ’97 p176+



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