5,366 research outputs found
Culturally Contexted Perceptions of Child Sexual Abuse in the Eastern Caribbean: An Overview of Research Findings
No full textA culturally contexted study of perceptions, attitudes and opinions on child sexual abuse
No full textThis chapter is one of three that draws on the first extensive research of child sexual abuse (CSA) to be carried out in the Caribbean. The report of the study - Perceptions of, Attitudes to and Opinions on Child Sexual Abuse in the Eastern Caribbean, hereafter referred to as ‘the Study’(Jones and Trotman Jemmott, 2009)1 is available on the UNICEF (Barbados) website. The chapter discusses the context in which the Study was situated, describes the methodology and summarises key findings. Chapter 10 will deconstruct narratives of survivors to explore the complex layers of abuse and Chapter 11 describes a knowledge transfer project that seeks to translate the research findings into interventions and models of good practice.</p
Conclusion
No full textThere is an expansive literature on child sexual abuse (CSA), arising predominantly out of North America and other western contexts that spans over thirty years, and yet this book charts a journey that feels as if it is only just beginning. It is not that awareness of CSA in the Caribbean has only recently dawned, how could this be in a part of the world characterised in part by its history of slavery, indentureship and colonial relations through which the sexual victimisation of women and children had become structurally embedded as a proprietorial right (see, for example, Kempadoo, 1999 and Kempadoo and Dunn, 2001). Yet historical accounts aside, the published literature on CSA and its contemporary manifestations in the Caribbean is scant to say the least. Many Caribbean countries lack effective procedures for gathering and sharing information on child abuse. Illustrative of this is the invisibility of Caribbean countries in international reviews of the study of abuse. The International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect global survey: ‘World Perspectives on Child Abuse’ showed that of the eight Caribbean countries invited to participate in the 125-country survey, there was not a single response from the region (ISPCAN, 2008). The global survey has been carried out every four years since 1992 yet only sporadic responses from Caribbean countries have been recorded. In an earlier global study on rehabilitation programmes for child victims of commercial sexual exploitation carried out on behalf of ECPAT (Manion, 2004) there were no data from Caribbean countries at all; governments did not respond to the invitation to participate.</p
COPING: Children of Prisoners, Interventions and Mitigations to Strengthen Mental Health. Perspectives of Children, Parents and Carers – Ethical Procedures Report
No full textIMPACT: Interventions and Mitigations to Prevent the Abuse of Children – it’s Time. A Public Health Oriented Systems Model for Change
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Interview with Wilbur D. Jones Jr.
No full textIn this interview, author and Wilmington notable Wilbur Jones discusses his childhood and adolescence in Wilmington, his experiences in the U.S. Navy, and his long political career, which includes doing advance work for the White House under the Nixon and Ford Administrations
The Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children and Adolescents: Issues for the Caribbean
No full textConnecting Research with Communities through Performative Social Science
No full textA pioneer in Performative Social Science, Kip Jones makes a case for the potential of arts-based social science to reach audiences and engage communities. Jones contextualises both the use of the arts in Social Science, as well as the utility of Social Science in the Arts and Humanities. The discussion turns next to examples from his own work and what happens when Art talks to Social Science and Social Science responds to Art. The benefits of such interaction and interdisciplinarity are outlined in relation to a recently completed project using multi-methods, which resulted in the production of a professional short film. In conclusion, Performative Social Science is redefined in terms of synthesis that can break down old boundaries, open up channels of communication and empower communities through engagement
Theoretical frameworks for the learning of geometrical reasoning
No full textWith the growth in interest in geometrical ideas it is important to be clear about the nature of geometrical reasoning and how it develops. This paper provides an overview of three theoretical frameworks for the learning of geometrical reasoning: the van Hiele model of thinking in geometry, Fischbein’s theory of figural concepts, and Duval’s cognitive model of geometrical reasoning. Each of these frameworks provides theoretical resources to support research into the development of geometrical reasoning in students and related aspects of visualisation and construction. This overview concludes that much research about the deep process of the development and the learning of visualisation and reasoning is still needed
Interview with Wilbur D. Jones
No full textInterview with Wilbur Jones, local military historian and author of several books, including Giants in the Cornfield and A Sentimental Journey: Memoirs of a Wartime Boomtown
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