To me, this book presents a comprehensive, serious, yet understandable, look that is helpful and hopeful in outlook for the prevention of Child Sexual Abuse (CSA). It's helpful in knowing how large the scope of occurance of CSA and how to spot potential hazards for children.
It takes a good look at prevention, incarceration of offenders, laws and legislation governing the issues and offenses. The morphing and epochs of such regulations throughout, and from, the very early years and down through the ages until current times.
The book also offers insight into helplines the world over. It highlights those who feel they have certain tendancies towards CSA but who actually do NOT want to be a perpetrator, which I found to have an encouraging note to it.
I feel there is quite a bit of compassion written into the spine of this book not only for the abused, but for the potential abusers and even post-abusers in the sense that there are some preventative treatments available to help them overcome their unacceptable desires. It leaves the reader with an injuction at book's end.
In my opinion, this book is not for the faint-hearted. It can be gut-wrenching and appalling even just to let the meaning of the title to sink into ones being! Yet because of the care penned into this treatise, this reader has been made more aware of not only the devastating occurence rate but also of the help available. There is a lot to think about and positive actions that can be taken. I really feel thankful for this book and hope many will be helped by it.
~ Eunice C., Reviewer/Blogger ~
July 2026
Disclaimer: This is my honest opinion based on the complimentary review copy sent to me by NetGalley and the publisher.
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