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Social Systems' Intervention in Families of Victims of Child Sexual Abuse

Publication: Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
April 1988

Abstract

Recently, evidence of the widespread prevalence of the sexual abuse of children has come to light, demanding a community response to address the issue—in the courts and by child welfare authorities, medical, and mental health professionals. A study of 14 families' interactions with these various social systems in the investigation and management of cases of child sexual abuse illustrates some of the strengths and weaknesses of the protocol procedures developed to operate in Toronto. In a series of three interveiws over a nine-month period following the disclosure and reporting of the sexual abuse of a child in the family, family members give accounts of their experiences dealing with the social systems with which they became involved as a result of the sexual abuse.

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L'apparition récente de nombreux cas d'enfants victimes d'abus sexuels exige une action concertee de la communautè aussi bien au sein des tribunaux et des agences sociales que chez les professionnels de la santè. On a fait une analyse des interactions vécues à Toronto entre 14 familles et les différents systèmes sociaux chargès d'examiner et de gèrer les cas d'abus sexuels chez les enfants; on a constatè des forces et des faiblesses dans les règles et les procèdures utilisèes. On a fait une sèrie d'entrevues durant les neuf mois qui ont suivi le constat et la signalisation de ces cas. Les membres des familles ont rendu compte des expèriences qu'ils ont vècues dans leurs relations avec les systèmes sociaux impliquès.

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cover image Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
Volume 7Number 1April 1988
Pages: 35 - 51

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Version of record online: 29 April 2009

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Margo Rivera
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education

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