Understanding Child Sexual Abuse Perspectives from the Caribbean

This is the first book to address the issue of child sexual abuse within a region of the world constructed as a "paradise" in the language of global travel and thus makes a significant contribution to the international literature on the topic. The book follows on the heels of the most recent research into the topic and draws extensively from previously unpublished material. While child sexual abuse occurs in all countries, few books explore the nuanced conceptual, cultural and social behaviours which underpin it. The book is distinctive in that it addresses the limitations of dominant models for child protection that have emerged out of the richer countries of the West and which are often ineffective in the majority world and provides practice and policy examples for transforming child protection in sustainable ways. This edited volume includes contributions from a wide range of disciplines such as psychology, psychotherapy, law, social work, sociology, early childhood education and counselling.

ADELE JONES is a professor of Childhood Studies and Director of the Centre for Applied Childhood Studies, School of Human and Health Sciences, University of Huddersfield, UK

Introduction; L.Joseph
PART I: CONTEXT, THEORY AND CARIBBEAN REALITIES IN TACKLING CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE
The Nature of Paradise; P.Maharaj
The Ontology and Social Construction of Childhood in the Caribbean; S.Burns
Gendered Sexual Relations and Sexualised Gender Relations; E.Trotman Jemmott & P.Maharaj
Crossing the Threshold: A Legal Perspective of Child Sexual Abuse in the Caribbean, with a focus on Trinidad and Tobago; B.Lambert Peterson
Using our Brain: Understanding the Effects of Child Sexual Abuse; E.Trotman Jemmott
Parental Abandonment of Children: Vulnerability to Sexual Abuse; H.Da Breo
'Pimping your Child': Commercial Sexual Exploitation and Transactional Child Sexual Abuse; A.Jones
PART II: RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER
Research on Child Sexual Abuse: Caribbean and International Perspectives; L.Rocke
A Culturally-contexted Study of Perceptions, Attitudes and Opinions on Child Sexual Abuse; A.Jones & E.Trotman Jemmott
Deconstructing Narratives of Child Sexual Abuse; A.Jones
IMPACT: Interventions and Mitigations to Prevent the Abuse of Children – it's Time. A Public Health Oriented Systems Model for Change; D.Pasura, A.D.Jones & H.Da Breo
Conclusion; A.Jones