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Reprint of
The
Invisible Boy
Revisioning The Victimization
of Male Children & Teens
Table of Contents
- Introduction:
Opening the Door to Male Victims
- Why the Need For A Male-Inclusive
Perspective?
- Why the Need to Re-Vision Male
Victimization?
- Purpose of The Invisible Boy.
- Chapter
1. Prevalence: A Many Sided Story
- Sexual Abuse of Boys and Teen Males
- Sibling on Sibling Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Harassment
- Male Prison Rape and Sexual Assault
- Physical Abuse, Neglect, and
Emotional Maltreatment
- Sibling on Sibling Physical Abuse
- Corporal Punishment
- Community, School, and
Institution-Based Violence
- Suicide
- Street Youth
- Prostitution
- Children With Disabilities
- Professional Response to Male
Victims as a Factor in Determining Prevalence
- Media Images of Violence Toward Boys
and Young Men
- Chapter
2. Perpetrators of Male Victimization
- Sexual Abuse
- Teen Perpetrators
- Strangers vs. Acquaintances
- Female Perpetrators
- Dynamics of Female Perpetrated Abuse
- Physical Abuse and Neglect
- Corporal Punishment
- Chapter
3. Effects of Victimization on Males
- Sexual Abuse
- Physical Abuse, Corporal Punishment,
and Neglect
- The Consequences of "Male
Sexual License"
- Chapter
4. Implications
- Implications For Research
- Implications For Assessment,
Treatment, and Program Development
- A Repeating Cycle of Violence?
- Implications For Staff Development
and Program Supervision
- The Search For a More Inclusive
Framework For Analysis
- The Messages We Give to Male Victims
- How Would Things Be Different If We
Acknowledged Male Victims?
- Beginning With Ourselves As Adults
Resources
and Bibliography
Prepared by:
Frederick Mathews,
Ph.D., C.Psych. Community Psychologist
Central Toronto Youth Services
For:
The National
Clearinghouse on Family Violence
Health Canada
March 1996
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Acknowledgements
the
invisible boy: revisioning the victimization of
male children & teens
was prepared by the Canadian Foster Family Association (CFFA)
on behalf of the National Clearinghouse on Family Violence of
Health Canada.
The CFFA would
particularly like to thank those who assisted in the
preparation of the manuscript, Judy Urquhart, Len Kushnier,
Veronica Marsman, Philip Quigley; the Family Violence
Prevention Division and the National Clearinghouse on Family
Violence of Health Canada for their support to the project;
and the project staff,
Dr. Fred Mathews and John
Meston.
Linda Lelièvre
President
Canadian Foster Family
Association
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encouraged.
The
opinions expressed in this report do not necessarily
reflect the official views of Health Canada.
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The
Invisible Boy: Revisioning the Victimization of Male
Children & Teens was prepared by the Canadian
Foster Family Association (CFFA) on behalf of the
National Clearinghouse on Family Violence of Health
Canada.
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