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The Psychodynamics of Child Abuse

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Why do we find child abuse incomprehensible in the modern age? Why do we believe it is a local or temporary aberration? Historical evidence shows us that child abuse is neither a local problem, nor a temporary state of affairs.

The child is father of the man.

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Breiner, S.J. (1990). The Psychodynamics of Child Abuse. In: Slaughter of the Innocents. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-6058-0_8

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