{"product_id":"familiar-violence-a-history-of-child-abuse-hardback-9781509552917","title":"Familiar Violence; A History of Child Abuse (Hardback) 9781509552917","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFamiliar Violence\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA History of Child Abuse\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eHeather Montgomery (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781509552917, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 23 February 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e264 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 16 x 3 cm, 0.476 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"Heather Montgomery’s \u003ci\u003eFamiliar Violence\u003c\/i\u003e is an extraordinary account of the multiple ways children have been abused. It is a sensitive and subtle historical and anthropological story about childhood as well as the abuses inflicted on children. Montgomery is not afraid of asking difficult questions, and providing her readers with her own reflections on how they can be answered.  \u003ci\u003eFamiliar Violence\u003c\/i\u003e transforms our understanding of childhood, abuse, and vulnerability.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eJoanna Bourke, Birkbeck, University of London\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eChild abuse casts a long shadow over the history of childhood. Across the centuries there are numerous accounts of children being beaten, neglected, sexually assaulted, or even killed by those closest to them. This book explores this darker side of childhood history, looking at what constituted cruelty towards children in the past and at the social responses towards it. Focusing primarily on England, it is a history of violence against children in their own homes, covering a large timeframe which extends from medieval times to the present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUndeniably, the experience of children in the past was often brutal, and children were treated with, what seems to contemporary mores, callousness, and cruelty. However, historians have paid far less attention to how the mistreatment of children was understood within its contemporary context. Most parents, both now and in the past, loved their children and there have always been widely shared understandings of the boundaries that separate the acceptable treatment of children from the intolerable and morally wrong. This book will examine how these boundaries have changed and been contested over time and, in doing so, provides a context to the many forms of violence experienced by children in the past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlso available as an audiobook\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: Personal Reflections and Disciplinary Perspectives\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter One: Infanticide\u003cbr\u003eChapter Two: Abandonment, Parish Nursing and Baby Farmers\u003cbr\u003eChapter Three: Neglect and Negligence\u003cbr\u003eChapter Four: Discipline, Socialisation, and Physical Abuse\u003cbr\u003eChapter Five: Incest and Child Sexual Abuse in the Home\u003cbr\u003eChapter Six: Intervening, Prosecuting and Preventing Abuse\u003cbr\u003eChapter Seven: The Rise and Fall of Child Abuse Experts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eConclusions: Child Abuse Now and in the Future\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Psychology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Psychology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Psychology%20%5BJM%5D%22\"\u003eJM\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Polity","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52472088199448,"sku":"9781509552917","price":18.47,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781509552917.jpg?v=1785716701","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/familiar-violence-a-history-of-child-abuse-hardback-9781509552917","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}