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People with learning disabilities at risk of physical or sexual abuse: proceedings of two workshops in Bristol and Birmingham and a national conference at the Royal Society of Medicine during 1992
- Editors:
- HARRIS John, CRAFT Ann
- Publisher:
- British Institute of Learning Disabilities
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 173p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Kidderminster
Paper 1 provides an overview of current knowledge on sexual abuse of children and young people. Paper 2 establishes the incidence of abuse in services for people with learning difficulties. Subsequent papers go on to look at: the relationship between the perpetrator and victim; supporting survivors; working with people with learning difficulties who have been sexually abused; treatment; the law's contribution to protecting people with learning disabilities from physical and sexual abuse; and an agenda for action for protecting people at risk.