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Author Hamilton, Marci.

Title Justice denied : what America must do to protect its children / Marci A. Hamilton.

Publisher Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.
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 Lakewood Library  345.73025554 HAMILTON    ON SHELF
Description viii, 160 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliog. Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-154) and index.
Contents We have failed our children -- What is wrong with the system? : the courthouse doors are closed to the survivors -- The solution is clear and simple : abolish the statutes of limitation for childhood sexual abuse -- What it will take to act on the lessons learned : what the states must do : what the federal government should do -- Barrier #1 : the insurance industry -- Barrier #2 : the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic Church -- The other barriers : the teachers, the defense attorneys, and an uninformed public -- The coming civil rights movement for children.
Subject Child sexual abuse -- United States.
Child abuse -- Law and legislation -- United States.
Time (Law) -- United States.
Genre/Form Nonfiction.
Call # 345.73025554 HAMILTON
ISBN 9780521886215 (hardback)