Jane Gilgun: 34 books

I thought I had heard the worst of it, but then a Roman Catholic bishop in Canada just went to prison for child pornography. In this article, I point out that most clergy live exemplary lives, but I also point out that the church has protected thousands of child molesters and overlooked the terrible...

Secondary trauma is an occupational hazard in social service providers because professionals routinely work with clients who have experienced trauma. In their efforts to understand others and to be responsive to them, service providers are open to what others say. By being open and empathic, providers...

Incest hurts children and confuses them. This general statement fits most if not all incest cases, but from there each family situation is different. This brief article shows that professionals and family members who want to understand particular families where incest has occurred must be open to...

Twelve year-old Fiona steals flowers from the garden of 85 year-old Rose and gets into a lot of trouble. Rose and Fiona are at a stand-off until they finally work out a deal that makes them both happy.

Children show many different kinds of sexual behaviors. These behaviors range from developmentally appropriate to exploitive and aggressive acts that harm others, almost always other children. In this article, I discuss the varieties of children’s sexual behaviors. This article provides information that will help parents and professionals in helpful ways to children’s sexual behaviors.

In research interviewing of men who had committed violence, one story of sexual abuse would not let me go. I didn’t know how to write it up as social science, and I didn’t have the time to learn how to write fiction, which appeared to be a fitting format for the story. Yet, it was as if the story...