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Child Abuse, Social Theory, and Everyday State Practices

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The State as Parent

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This paper engages with social theory and everyday state practices in relation to child abuse. It considers some of the problems of describing the definition and incidence of child abuse, and some of the uncertainties and issues of practice in the state.

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  1. Jeff Hearn
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  1. The University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    Joe Hudson (Faculty of Social Work) (Faculty of Social Work)

  2. School Social Work, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

    Burt Galaway

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Hearn, J., Parkin, W. (1989). Child Abuse, Social Theory, and Everyday State Practices. In: Hudson, J., Galaway, B. (eds) The State as Parent. NATO ASI Series, vol 53. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1053-9_19

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  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1053-9_19

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