Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. 1. Introduction 1
5. 2. Women and the Welfare State 17
6. 3. Family Ties: Child Welfare and the Protection of Children from Sexual Abuse 38
7. 4. Understanding Child Sexual Abuse: Highlighting the Inadequacies of Women 58
8. 5. Shifting the Focus in Practice: Women's Deficiencies as Wives and Mothers 83
9. 6. Transforming Women into Mother Protectors: The Investigation and Its Aftermath 105
10. 7. Enforcing, Reinforcing, and Maintaining Mother Protector 129
11. 8. Critical Reflections: Workers' and Mothers7 Thoughts on Mother Protector 155
12. 9. Protection as Gendered and En/Gender ing: Implications for Theory, Practice, and Research 176
13. Notes 197
14. References 201
15. Index 213