Does Gender Matter?: An Analysis of the Role and Contribution of Religious Socialisation Practices in the Sexual Abuse of Boys and Girls in the Catholic Church

Sociological and historical research into sexual violence against children has reported consistently that it is girls who have most often been the subject of sexual, psychological and physical violence in both familial and institutional settings in modernity. However, more recently, public inquiries...

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Authors: McPhillips, Kathleen (Author) ; McEwan, Tracy (Author) ; Death, Jodi (Author) ; Richards, Kelly (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Brill 2022
In: Religion & gender
Year: 2022, Volume: 12, Issue: 1, Pages: 52-77
Further subjects:B Religious Institutions
B Child Sexual Abuse
B Catholic Church
B Gender
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