Foreword

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of tables viii
4. About the author ix
5. Acknowledgements x
6. Preface xii
7. Foreword xvii
8. ONE Introduction 1
9. TWO ‘Things were not right at home’ 25
10. THREE ‘They just don’t listen’ 45
11. FOUR ‘I think it’s quite like rape’ 73
12. FIVE ‘I can’t breathe’ 99
13. SIX ‘What gives them the right to hit a child in the nose?’ 121
14. SEVEN ‘We should be able to hug our families’ 155
15. EIGHT ‘Every night I’m starving’ 179
16. NINE Children were ‘given bags to urinate in’ 193
17. TEN ‘The violence is unbelievable’ 211
18. ELEVEN ‘Listen to the kids’ 231
19. TWELVE They shouldn’t be there 259
20. Notes 285
21. Index 347