Structural abuse: Difference between revisions

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'''Structural or systemic abuse''' can refer to the situation where individuals are abused by the systems designed to protect them.<ref>{{cite book | last=Hines | first=Denise A. | coauthors=Kathleen Malley-Morrison | title=Family Violence in the United States: Defining, Understanding, and Combating Abuse | publisher=SAGE | date=2005 | isbn=0-7619-3086-8 | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=UKs-IyJgjRIC&pg=PA10&dq=%22structural+abuse%22&sig=R-78PtLhA2bhWRLQyrTPHVV2ecI#PPA10,M1}}</ref> The institution of slavery is an example of structural abuse.<ref>{{cite book | last=Lawson | first=Edward H. | coauthors=Mary Lou Bertucci, Laurie S. Wiseberg | title=Encyclopedia of Human Rights | publisher=Taylor & Francis | date=1996 | isbn=1-56032-362-0 | url=http://books.google.com/books?id=J-SrdFtSuDUC&q=structural+abuse#v=snippet&q=structural%20abuse&f=false}}</ref>