TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - "I was alone. No one offered me a real intervention": Israeli child protection services as experienced by adults who underwent child sexual abuse
JO  - Child abuse and neglect
A1  - Glucklich, Talia
A1  - Attrash-Najjar, Afnan
A1  - Katz, Carmit
SP  - e106509
EP  - e106509
VL  - 146
IS  - 
N2  - BACKGROUND: Many children worldwide come into contact with child protection social workers (CPSW) following child sexual abuse (CSA). Surprisingly, little is known concerning how they experience and perceive these encounters. <br><br>OBJECTIVE: The current study was designed to examine the way adults who underwent CSA experienced and perceived child protection services (CPS) in Israel as conveyed in their written testimonies. <br><br>METHOD: The current sample included 83 written testimonies sent to the Israeli Independent Public Inquiry on CSA, analyzed using inductive thematic analysis. <br><br>RESULTS: The participants' testimonies uncovered two main themes: 1) experiences with CPSW interventions, including being disregarded, abandoned and disbelieved; and 2) constructions of the CPSW practice as poor, maladapted and abusive. Some participants described their active efforts to change the system from within. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The participants' testimonies, which reflected the negative manifestations of neoliberal policy in the CPS, will be broached in the discussion section, alongside two other significant concepts: child participation and a context-informed perspective of child risk and protection. The ramifications for policy and practice will be expanded while acknowledging the complex role of social workers in CPS.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0145-2134
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106509
ID  - ref1
ER  -