Abuse of Foster Children in Nineteenth-Century Australia: Why Did It Happen Then, and Why Does It Matter Now?

Autor/in	Musgrove, Nell
Titel	Abuse of Foster Children in Nineteenth-Century Australia: Why Did It Happen Then, and Why Does It Matter Now?
Quelle	In: History of Education, 45 (2016) 4, S.460-476 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0046-760X
DOI	10.1080/0046760X.2016.1177608
Schlagwörter	Foster Care; Child Abuse; Historical Interpretation; Social Justice; Disadvantaged; Social Responsibility; Death; Child Welfare; Social Problems; Biographies; Etiology; Foreign Countries; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pflegehilfe; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Historische Interpretation; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Soziale Verantwortung; Sterbefall; Tod; Todesfall; Kindeswohl; Social problem; Soziales Problem; Biography; Biografie; Biographie; Ätiologie; Ausland; Australien
Abstract	A three-year-old boy, born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1892, lived the final months of his life in an abusive foster home. His death barely made a ripple in the press, and the system proved unable or unwilling to deal with much of the most disturbing evidence about the perpetrators of abuse. This article argues that cases like this one are more than just historical curiosities. They expose abuse that so often lay hidden from the public gaze, and reveal important information about how and why it was allowed to occur. Such cases demand the historian's attention, not because they are scandalous stories, but because they are sites of historical injustice. They also provide opportunities to understand why systems intended to protect children can fail them so badly, a question that remains pertinent today. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01