Patterns of Child Abuse: How Dysfunctional Transactions Are Replicated in Individuals, Families, and the Child Welfare System PDF
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Michael Karson Patterns of Child Abuse How Dysfunctional Transactions Are Replicated in Individuals, Families, and the Child Welfare System Pre-publication portant insights about how effective preventiveprogramsmustinvolvesen- REVIEWS, sitivitytotheracial,social,andethnic COMMENTARIES, diversityofchildrenandparents. EVALUATIONS... Karson’sbookisawatershedevent intheunderstandingoftheroleofthe child-family-culture-professionalprac- ticesystembothincontributingtothe “PatternsofChildAbusepresentsa incidence of child abuse and, at the theoretically compelling analy- sametime,inconstitutingthesource sisoftheindividual,family,andsocial ofcreativemeanstoreduceorprevent servicesystembasesofchildabuse.It it. Patterns of Child Abuse is a book alsoprovidesinnovativeandconvinc- ofimmeasurablevaluetoparents,prac- ing recommendations about critically titioners,andpolicymakersconcerned neededrevisionsintheconceptualiza- withenhancingthelifechancesofthe tion,design,anddeliveryofinterven- diverseyouthofournation.” tions.Karsonweavestogetherresearch and clinical literature and offers a RichardM.Lerner,PhD BergstromChairinApplied uniquely integrative vision for how DevelopmentalScience, child welfare professionals may capi- Eliot-PearsonDepartment talizeoncurrentknowledgeaboutthe ofChildDevelopment, combinedinfluenceoffamilyandcul- TuftsUniversity, ture on child abuse. He provides im- Medford,MA Morepre-publication REVIEWS,COMMENTARIES,EVALUATIONS... “Inthisnewbook,Dr.Karsones- either help child victims or to bring tablishes a very high standard about meaningful change in family forunderstandingandinterveningin systems.Manyreaders,boththerapists thepsychologicalissuessurrounding and social welfare professionals, will child abuse and presents a rich, tex- findthisworkashardtoagreewithas tured theory of personality develop- itishardtoignore.” ment and family functioning. He de- velopsasophisticatedperspectivethat CynthiaMonahon,PsyD integratesatheoryofindividualpsy- AuthorofChildrenandTrauma: chodynamicfunctioningwithinacom- AGuideforParents plex family systems perspective. Dr. andProfessionals Karson first presents a finely articu- latedpictureoftheinnerlandscapeof individualfamilymembers,eachwith itsuniquesetofcharacters,andthen identifiestheparallelsbetweenthese “K arson’switandexpressiveness patternsandthepatternsinthefam- transformwhatmighthavere- ily system. He shows how parental sulted in merely a dry, businesslike patterns are reproduced in the child compendium,handbook,oracademic andthenrecreatedinthechild’sadult treatise into a lively, engaging, well- relationshipsandfamilyandhowthey craftedwork.Hisbookisaninspired arereiteratednotjustfromfamilyto contribution to the professional, stu- individualbutfromgenerationtogen- dent,andgeneralreaderwhowillbe eration. Dr. Karson’s book brings a intriguedandbenefitfromitsinsights welcome level of sophistication, and andwisdom.Pullingnopunches,the should be an important resource to authortellsitlikeitis,refreshinglydi- professionalsworkingwithfamilies.” rectandhonestinhisappraisalsofthe roles and responsibilities of abused HeatherE.P.Cattell,PhD VicePresidentofResearch, children,theirfamilies,andthesocial TheInstituteofPersonality welfare and court systems, as well andAbilityTesting; asprofessionalcaregiversassignedto Authorof16PFQuestionnaire theirtreatment.Hesucceedsinbeing constructively critical without sacri- ficing the inevitable complexities in- volved in effective treatment and management issues. No one inter- “Dr. Karson has written up estedinwhatmaywellbethemajor unique reflections on fifteen publichealthepidemicofourtimein years of consultation to child protec- terms of its long-term consequences tivesystems.Hisoriginal,andattimes, for our society can afford to pass up defiant perspectives challenge many theopportunitytoreadthisenlighten- truismsofchildwelfareandtherapeu- ingwork.” ticpracticeandthusrequirethereader toreexaminesomecentralassumptions HowardWolowitz,PhD underlying protective casework and ProfessorEmeritus psychotherapy. Karson offers a tren- PsychologyDepartment, chant analysis of the ways in which UniversityofMichigan, ‘helpers’invariousprofessionsfailto AnnArbor NOTESFORPROFESSIONALLIBRARIANS ANDLIBRARYUSERS ThisisanoriginalbooktitlepublishedbyTheHaworthMaltreatment andTraumaPress®,animprintofTheHaworthPress,Inc.Unlessoth- erwise noted in specific chapters with attribution, materials in this bookhavenotbeenpreviouslypublishedelsewhereinanyformator language. CONSERVATIONANDPRESERVATIONNOTES AllbookspublishedbyTheHaworthPress,Inc.anditsimprintsare printedoncertifiedpHneutral,acidfreebookgradepaper.Thispaper meetstheminimumrequirementsofAmericanNationalStandardfor Information Sciences-Permanence of Paper for Printed Material, ANSIZ39.48-1984. Patterns of Child Abuse How Dysfunctional Transactions Are Replicated in Individuals, Families, and the Child Welfare System How Dysfunctional Transactions Are Replicated in Individuals, Families, and the Child Welfare System Michael Karson TheHaworthMaltreatment and Trauma Press® An Imprint of TheHaworthPress, Inc. New York • London • Oxford Published by TheHaworthMaltreatmentandTraumaPress®,animprintofTheHaworthPress,Inc.,10Alice Street, Binghamton, NY 13904-1580. ©2001byTheHaworthPress,Inc.Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisworkmaybereproducedor utilizedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical,includingphotocopying,microfilm, andrecording,orbyanyinformationstorageandretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwriting from the publisher. Printed in the United States of America. Cover design by Marylouise E. Doyle. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Karson, Michael. Patternsofchildabuse:howdysfunctionaltransactionsarereplicatedinindividuals,families, and the child welfare system / Michael Karson. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7890-0739-8 (hardcover : alk. paper)—ISBN 0-7890-1588-9 (softcover : alk. paper) 1. Child abuse. 2. Abused children—Services for. I. Title. HV6626.5 .K37 2001 362.76'8—dc21 00-049475 For Sam Behold the child . . . See, where ’mid work of his own hand he lies . . . With light upon him from his father’s eyes! Wordsworth
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