Child Protection in the Church investigates whether, amidst publicised promises of change from church institutions and the introduction of "safe church" policies and procedures, reform is actually occurring within Christian churches towards safeguarding, using a case study of the Anglican Diocese of Tasmania, Australia.
Through the use of interviews and document analysis, the book provides an insight into the attitudes and practices of "ordinary clergypersons" towards child sexual abuse and safeguarding to understand how safe ministry is understood and executed in everyday life in the Church, and to what extent it aligns with policy requirements and criminological best practice. It adopts organisational culture theory, the perspective used to explain how clerical culture enabled and concealed child sexual abuse in the Church to the present, in order to understand how clerical attitudes (cognition) and practice (conduct) today is being shaped by some of the same negative cultures. Underlying these cultures is misunderstandings of abuse causation, which are shown here to negatively shape clerical practice and, at times, compromise policy and procedural requirements.
Providing an insight into the lived reality of safeguarding within churches, and highlighting the ongoing complexities of safe ministry, the book is a useful companion to students, academics, and practitioners of child protection and organisational studies, alongside clergy, church leaders, and those training for the ministry.
| ISBN: | 9780367607821 |
| Publication date: | 6th July 2021 |
| Author: | Michael A Guerzoni |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 224 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Studies in Crime and Society |
| Genres: |
Child abuse Religious ethics Sentencing and punishment Social work Organized crime History of religion Christianity Sociology Anthropology Child, developmental and lifespan psychology Social, group or collective psychology Criminal or forensic psychology Legal aspects of criminology |
It adopts organisational culture theory, the perspective used to explain how clerical culture enabled and concealed child sexual abuse in the Church to the present, in order to understand how clerical attitudes (cognition) and practice (conduct) today is being shaped by some of the same negative cultures. Underlying these cultures is misunderstandings of abuse causation, which are shown here to negatively shape clerical practice and, at times, compromise policy and procedural requirements.Providing an insight into the lived reality of safeguarding within churches, and highlighting the ongoing complexities of safe ministry, the book is a useful companion to students, academics, and practitioners of child protection and organisational studies, alongside clergy, church leaders, and those training for the ministry.
Child Protection in Church features in the following genres: Child abuse, Religious ethics, Sentencing and punishment, Social work, Organized crime, History of religion, Christianity, Sociology, Anthropology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Social, group or collective psychology, Criminal or forensic psychology, Legal aspects of criminology
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Child Protection in Church was written by Michael A Guerzoni and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Child Protection in Church has 224 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Studies in Crime and Society series
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