Holding bishops accountable how lawsuits helped the Catholic Church confront clergy sexual abuse - Lytton, Timothy D., 1965- (Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008)
A short history -- Statistics -- Legal issues -- Framing clergy sexual abuse as a problem of institutional failure -- Placing clergy sexual abuse on policy agendas -- Uncovering concealed information -- Assessing the results of clergy sexual abuse litigation -- The complementary policymaking role of tort litigation.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-268) and index.
Description based on print version record.
Keywords: Liability for child sexual abuse -- United States; Child sexual abuse by clergy -- United States; Catholic Church -- Trials, litigation, etc; Trials (Child sexual abuse) -- United States; Sexueller Missbrauch; Klerus; Katholische Kirche; Kind; USA; LAW / Criminal Law / General; Electronic books