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An Integrated Systems Model for Preventing Child Sexual Abuse

Perspectives from Latin America and the Caribbean

Palgrave Macmillan

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
  2. An Integrated Systems Model for Preventing Child Sexual Abuse

    • Adele D. Jones, Ena Trotman Jemmott, Priya E. Maharaj, Hazel Da Breo
    Pages 1-49
  3. The Roots to Violence

    • Adele D. Jones, Ena Trotman Jemmott, Priya E. Maharaj, Hazel Da Breo
    Pages 50-83
  4. Sexually Harmful Attitudes and Male Privilege

    • Adele D. Jones, Ena Trotman Jemmott, Priya E. Maharaj, Hazel Da Breo
    Pages 84-124
  5. Women’s Spaces, Voices and Action

    • Adele D. Jones, Ena Trotman Jemmott, Priya E. Maharaj, Hazel Da Breo
    Pages 125-161
  6. The Elephants in the System

    • Adele D. Jones, Ena Trotman Jemmott, Priya E. Maharaj, Hazel Da Breo
    Pages 162-197
  7. Collective Complacency and Engendering Community Action

    • Adele D. Jones, Ena Trotman Jemmott, Priya E. Maharaj, Hazel Da Breo
    Pages 198-223
  8. Caribbean Childhoods

    • Adele D. Jones, Ena Trotman Jemmott, Priya E. Maharaj, Hazel Da Breo
    Pages 224-265
  9. Back Matter

    Pages 267-273

About this book

This book sets out an integrated systems model which utilizes a public health approach and 'whole of society' philosophy for preventing and responding to child sexual abuse. It guides those engaged in policy, practice and planning concerning gender based violence and child abuse towards a more systemic approach to tackling these problems.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Centre for Applied Childhood Studies, University of Huddersfield, UK

    Adele D. Jones

  • Organizational Psychologist and Freelance Consultant, Barbados

    Ena Trotman Jemmott

  • The University of the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago

    Priya E. Maharaj

  • The Sweet Water Toundation, Grenada

    Hazel Da Breo

About the authors

Adele D. Jones is Professor of Social Work at the University of Huddersfield, UK.


Ena Trotman Jemmott is an Organizational Psychologist and Freelance Consultant based in Barbados.


Priya E. Maharaj is a Clinical and Developmental Psychologist based at the Faculty of Medical Sciences, the University of the West Indies, Trinidad.


Hazel Da Breo, a Psychotherapist, is the Director of the Sweet Water Foundation, Grenada, an NGO dedicated to ending sexual violence directed at women and children in the Caribbean.

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Softcover Book USD 54.99
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