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Author: Jodi Death (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint: Routledge
Weight: 0.385kg
ISBN: 9781138677456
ISBN 10: 1138677450
Pages: 162
Publication Date: 31 October 2017
Audience:
College/higher education
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
This is an important and timely book, providing an insightful analysis into the production of truth in the inquiries into historical abuse taking place across the West. By highlighting the interplay between an emerging victim voice, the media and the Roman Catholic Church it shows how child sexual abuse has moved from the private to the public sphere, threatening the power and reputation of previously trusted and respected institutions both now and into the future. - Shurlee Swain, Professor of Humanities, National School of Arts, Australian Catholic University Astutely foregrounding the voices of survivors and the story of their politicization, this book expertly weighs the value of the public inquiry as a mode of governmental response to child sexual abuse by clergy. With trenchant research, robust analysis and engaging prose, Jodi Death brings into focus the key public inquiries in Australia and probes the status of public inquiries as potential pathways to better justice outcomes. Her analysis attends to the wider context of contemporary constructions of the victim, the role of media and investigative journalism in victims' justice-seeking, and the complex and often gravely unjust dynamics of institutional response to victims of sexual abuse by clergy, in particular the tensions arising from the Roman Catholic Church's claim to unique status in relation to law and the state. This is a valuable book for all those concerned with the politics of victims' struggles for justice in the world today. - Rebecca Stringer, Senior Lecturer in Gender Studies, University of Otago
This is an important and timely book, providing an insightful analysis into the production of truth in the inquiries into historical abuse taking place across the West. By highlighting the interplay between an emerging victim voice, the media and the Roman Catholic Church it shows how child sexual abuse has moved from the private to the public sphere, threatening the power and reputation of previously trusted and respected institutions both now and into the future. - Shurlee Swain, Professor of Humanities, National School of Arts, Australian Catholic University
Author Information
Dr Jodi Death is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Justice, Queensland University of Technology, Australia. Dr Death has a background working in Child Protection and has been researching the perpetration of CSA in institutions for over a decade. The primary focus of this work has been listening to and understanding the perspectives of surviors of clergy perpetrated child sexual abuse.
