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An Elegy for Megan Kanka
This site examines the
rape and murder of seven-year-old Megan Kanka of New Jersey. The
author, Norbert Elliot, laments the child's death by placing her tragedy
in the context of child sexual abuse. Major non-clinical and clinical studies
are discussed, and the phenomenon of child abuse is analyzed as an act
of psychological destruction. After crediting the feminist movement for
the raised public consciousness of child sexual abuse, the essay demonstrates
the power of feminist theory in allowing an informed policy analysis of
the patriarchy surrounding the death of Megan Kanka. The essay closes with
a proposed model of care.
The site is designed
as a continuum which allows the reader to move into the article by clicking
on the rose icon. At any time, readers may return to this page in
order to redirect their efforts by selecting the home icon. All notes
are linked, and when selected will open in a new browser window.
To return to the spot where you were reading, simply close the window which
has opened. The newspaper article and news images also can be selected
to either read the article or to view the picture(s) more fully.
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