eprintid: 10199463
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creators_name: Dalgarno, E
creators_name: Bramwell, D
creators_name: Verma, A
creators_name: Ayeb-Karlsson, S
title: ‘Let’s excuse abusive men from abusing and enable sexual abuse’: child sexual abuse investigations in England’s private family courts
ispublished: pub
divisions: UCL
divisions: B04
divisions: C06
keywords: Social Sciences, Law, Government & Law, Domestic abuse, family court, private law, child sexual abuse, intra-familial sexual abuse, parental alienation, human rights, women, PARENTAL ALIENATION, CUSTODY, CONTRADICTIONS
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abstract: Child Sexual Abuse (CSA) is an ongoing scourge upon society. There is minimal understanding of the experiences of mothers and children in private law family court proceedings (PLP), when CSA is reported. A qualitative study was conducted and a feminist-informed Foucauldian Discourse Analysis was applied to understand ten life-stories from within a larger sample of 45. Five themes are presented. CSA was overwhelmingly reported as being minimised, with harmful outcomes for children and mothers reported. Pro-father and ‘parental alienation’ narratives were a facilitator of severe harm and continued male violence to victim-survivor mothers and children. Further research into the scale and prevalence of CSA within PLP is urgently required.
date: 2024-08-28
date_type: published
publisher: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/09649069.2024.2382501
oa_status: green
full_text_type: pub
language: eng
primo: open
primo_central: open_green
verified: verified_manual
elements_id: 2312546
doi: 10.1080/09649069.2024.2382501
lyricists_name: Ayeb Karlsson, Sonja
lyricists_id: SAYEB29
actors_name: Ayeb Karlsson, Sonja
actors_id: SAYEB29
actors_role: owner
funding_acknowledgements: [UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Participatory Research Fund]
full_text_status: public
publication: Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law
volume: 46
number: 3
pagerange: 345-365
pages: 21
issn: 0964-9069
citation:        Dalgarno, E;    Bramwell, D;    Verma, A;    Ayeb-Karlsson, S;      (2024)    ‘Let’s excuse abusive men from abusing and enable sexual abuse’: child sexual abuse investigations in England’s private family courts.                   Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law , 46  (3)   pp. 345-365.    10.1080/09649069.2024.2382501 <https://doi.org/10.1080/09649069.2024.2382501>.       Green open access   
 
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