Institutional Abuse - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0415187028 ISBN 13: 9780415187022

Publisher: Routledge, 1999

Synopsis

Institutional Abuse brings together a number of different research studies and accounts of institutional abuse from leading academics and researchers.
Public enquiries and court cases concerning institutional abuse in a range of settings have generated considerable media interest and have highlighted the need for preventative strategies and appropriate responses. Four areas of abuse are covered:
*the abuse of children
*the abuse of adults with mental health problems
*the abuse of adults with learning difficulties
*the abuse of older people.
Each section includes a chapter which reports on users' experiences of abuse and their views as to how institutional abuse can be prevented and survivors' needs met.

About this title

About the Author:

Nicky Stanley is Professor of Social Work at the University of Central Lancashire, UK. She researches and writes in the areas of child protection, domestic violence, young people's mental health and interprofessional work.

Jill Manthorpe is Professor of Social Work at King's College London and Director of the Social Care Workforce Research Unit. She has worked in the voluntary sector and in education for many years, concentrating on services for older people. She was a member of the NICE/SCIE dementia guidelines group and is a member of INTERDEM.

Nicky Stanley is Professor of Social Work at the University of Central Lancashire, UK. She researches and writes in the areas of child protection, domestic violence, young people's mental health and interprofessional work.

Review:

"This edited text introduces thought-provoking perspectives on institutional abuse with vulnerable populations of children and adults in Great Britian. The aim of the book is to develop an understanding of how institutional abuse can be prevented and the ways that survivors of abuse can have their needs met. The text is organized into four areas: (a) institutional abuse of children; (b) institutional abuse of adults with learning difficulties; (c) institutional abuse of adults with mental health problems; and (d) institutional abuse of older people. This text brings together an outstanding array of articles by a talented cadre of authorsthat give clarity to the interface of institutional abuse across the life course for vulnerable individuals."
-Denice Goodrich Liley, Boise State University, Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0415187028
• ISBN 13: 9780415187022
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256
• Editor: Manthorpe Jill