The Sexual Abuse of Adolescent Girls: Social Workers' Child Protection Practice

by Stewart Kirk

First published in 1999, this volume examines the 'meanings' specific child protection cases involving the familial sexual abuse of adolescent girls hold for social workers. This is achieved through a qualitative analysis of a series of interviews with social workers regarding current or recent cases. The analysis reveals various influences on social workers' practice: the organisation and administrative structure of child protection, governmental...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138360317
• ISBN13: 9781138360310
• Release Date: February 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 275 Pages