THE SEDUCTION OF CHILDREN
"This book offers practical strategies for the protection of children that all parents, teachers, and anyone involved in the life of a child will find indispensable. Providing the reader with an understanding of typical/normative sexual development in children, Christiane Sanderson enables parents and teachers to distinguish this from atypical sexual development and recognize the warning signs of sexual abuse." "The more knowledgeable and comfortable teachers and parents are, the easier it is...
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Addressing parents and teachers, Sanderson (psychology, London U., UK) aims to provide accurate information so that they can more easily identify children who are being abused and protect them from it. After considering normal sexual development in children and issues of definition of abuse, she provides chapters describing different types of abusers, the use of the Internet in relation to child sexual abuse, the "sexual grooming" of children offline, the impact of sexual abuse on the child, signs and symptoms of abuse, way of communicating with children about abuse, and means of prevention. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Acknowledgements9Introduction11Ch. 1What is child sexual abuse?31Ch. 2The development of children's sexuality55Ch. 3Child sexual abusers81Ch. 4Child sexual abuse and the internet128Ch. 5The grooming of children165Ch. 6The impact of child sexual abuse on the child191Ch. 7The signs and symptoms of child sexual abuse222Ch. 8Understanding the sexually abused child249Ch. 9Protecting children from child sexual abuse in the community272Ch. 10The prevention of child sexual abuse303App. 1: Useful websites331App. 2: Glossary of internet terms336References340Subject index346Author index352
