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Author:   Marie Keenan (Researcher and Lecturer, Researcher and Lecturer, School of Applied Social Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.10cm
Weight:   0.558kg
ISBN:  

9780199328970

ISBN 10:   0199328978
Pages:   388
Publication Date:   18 July 2013
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction Part I. Sexual Abuse, the Catholic Church, Clerical Men: A Critical Review 1. Child Sexual Abuse by Roman Catholic Clergy: The Scale and History of the Problem 2. Organized Irresponsibility (I): The Organizational and Institutional Culture of the Catholic Church 3. The View from the Ground: Clerical Men Part II. Theorising Sexual Abuse 4. The Individual as the Unit of Analysis 5. A Social Approach for Understanding a Social Problem 6. Power and Gender Part III. The Irish Case: Its Context and Wider Implications 7. Sexuality and Masculinity 8. Organized Irresponsibility (II): Clerical Elites, Rules, Obedience, and Loneliness 9. The Handling of Abuse Complaints 10. Understanding and Explaining Child Sexual Abuse within the Catholic Church Conclusion: Prospects, Visions, Agendas Appendix Glossary References Index

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<br> Dr. Keenan is to be congratulated on this timely and scholarly study, conducted primarily through interviews with offender and non-offender clergy, which begins the crucial process of helping us to understand, but not forgive, such behavior. Her thesis that the behavior of abusive clergy can only be understood in the context of the responses of the hierarchy of the Church provides a sociological analysis that conveys important lessons for academics, policymakers, and therapeutic practitioners. -Nick Gould, PhD, Professor of Social Work, University of Bath<p><br> This book significantly raises the level of debate on these issues in Ireland and, indeed, throughout the world. Dr. Keenan's familiarity with the literature, her therapeutic work with victims and offenders, her dialogue with so many interested parties, and her acute sensitivity to the many personal, social, cultural, and organizational issues involved, make this book a must for all directly involved or seriously interested. I recommend it very highly. -Rev. Enda McDonagh, DD, DCL, Professor Emeritus of Moral Theology, St. Patrick's College, Maynooth<p><br> Child Sexual Abuse and the Catholic Church provides a superb analysis of the individual and systemic explanations of clergy abuse in Ireland and around the world. Marie Keenan's work as a treatment provider for child sexual abusers has led to a decade of in-depth research on the abusers and the sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church. This is a must-read for any academic studying the sexual abuse of children in Church or organizations where adults develop mentoring and nurturing relationships with children and adolescents. -Karen J. Terry, PhD, Professor, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York<p><br> The scope of Dr. Keenan's analysis is wide-ranging and her conclusions are startling but not surprising. Dr. Keenan has produced a balanced, scholarly, deeply humanistic, and thought-provoking book that is sure to make a maj

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Marie Keenan, PhD, is a Researcher and Lecturer at the School of Applied Social Science, University College Dublin, and a member of the Advisory Board of the UCD Institute of Criminology. She is Chairperson of the Family Therapy Association of Ireland and a registered psychotherapist who has worked for over twenty years with survivors and perpetrators of sexual crime and their families, in community and forensic settings.

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