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Where do families stand after the Cleveland Inquiry?
Author(s) -
GIEVE KATHERINE
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
children and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-0860
pISSN - 0951-0605
DOI - 10.1111/j.1099-0860.1988.tb00339.x
Subject(s) - seriousness , child sexual abuse , sexual abuse , child abuse , psychology , family law , child protection , criminology , focus group , sociology , social psychology , poison control , suicide prevention , law , political science , medicine , environmental health , anthropology
SUMMARY. One of the most important contributions of the Butler‐Sloss Inquiry into Child Abase in Cleveland is to acknowledge the existence and the seriousness of child sexual abuse. The Family Rights Group know from their advice work how difficult it is for families to believe that children have been sexually abused; how fearful mothers are of the implications of accepting the possibility of abuse by their partners; and that often people will not listen to children. In looking at the lessons of the Inquiry this paper seeks to focus on some aspects of law and practice and the way they impinge on family members