Apologies and the Legacy of Abuse of Children in ‘Care’

1. Introduction

1. Introduction
Johanna Sköld, Shurlee Swain

Part I. Transitional Justice and the Legacy of Child Welfare

2. Apology Politics: Transnational Features
Johanna Sköld

3. Contested Memories: Caring about the Past — or Past Caring?
Jacqueline Z. Wilson, Frank Golding

4. Children’s Agency: The Struggles of the Powerless
Kjersti Ericsson

5. Trials and Contestations: Ireland’s Ryan Commission
Carol Brennan

6. Contextualizing Reparations Politics
Malin Arvidsson

7. Why Sexual Abuse? Why Now?
Shurlee Swain

Part II. National Particularities

8. Denmark: The Godhavn Inquiry
Maria Rytter, Jacob Knage Rasmussen

9. Sexual Abuse in Dutch Child Protection, 1945–2010
Jeroen J. H. Dekker, Hans Grietens

10. The Politics of Apology: The Norwegian Case
Eva Simonsen, Karen-Sofie Pettersen

11. Scotland: Historic Abuse in Care and Human Rights
Andrew Kendrick, Moyra Hawthorn, Samina Karim, Julie Shaw

12. Canadian Inquiries Stumble Towards Redress
Gerald Cradock

Part III. Challenges for Professionals

13. The Role and Importance of History
Nell Musgrove

14. Truth-Seeking in Oral Testimonies and Archives
Johanna Sköld, Åsa Jensen

15. Dilemmas of Care: Social Work and Historic Abuse
Andrew Kendrick, Moyra Hawthorn

16. Transitional Justice Workers and Vicarious Trauma
Shurlee Swain

Nyckelord: History, European History, Social History, History of the Americas, World History, Global and Transnational History, Child and School Psychology, Child Well-being