Contributions, based on research conducted in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, about intimate partner violence that is specific to the lives of LGBTQ people. The volume is framed around central themes: conceptualizing violence: exploring differing spaces and lived experiences of violence: and the ethical challenges of responding to violence. The contributors also consider issues of race, class, gender, sexuality and other social differences.
Traditionally child sexual abuse has been perceived as a male crime. Rrecent research suggests that a significant minority of offenders are female. While recognizing the importance of male perpetrators, this book places the behavior of these offending women into social context, challenging conventional perceptions of female offenders, femininity, and mothering. Including case studies and responses from professionals in the field, this key text highlights the problems inherent in protecting children and identifies ways in which we can develop a clearer understanding of the social processes involved through an analysis of the denial and minimisation used by female perpetrators. It offers a critical understanding of the notions of harm, the rights of the child, and professional practice while defining some of the limitations and possibilities of a feminist analysis of child sexual abuse by women.