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ERIC Number: EJ552735
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1997
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0300-4430
Cultures of Abuse within Residential Child Care.
Parkin, Wendy; Green, Lorraine
Early Child Development and Care, v133 p73-86 Jun 1997
Uses interviews with residents and ex-residents, ethnographic techniques, and document analysis to examine sexuality and sexual abuse in residential childcare settings, including how their culture and leadership contribute to abuse and the denial and invisibility of sexuality. Discusses issues around researching sexuality, children, and abusive practices. Suggests how abusive practices could be minimized. (Author/KB)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Children, Ethnography, Interviews, Leadership, Leadership Responsibility, Organizational Climate, Power Structure, Research Methodology, Residential Care, Residential Institutions
Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Authority; Document Analysis; Organizational Culture
Note: Special Issue Topic: "Institutional Abuse: Leadership, Power and Rights Explored."