Structural abuse

Structural abuse (also called societal abuse) is sexual, emotional or physical abuse that is imposed on an individual or group by a social or cultural system or authority. Structural abuse is indirect, and exploits the victim on an emotional, mental and psychological level. It could manifest itself through any situation within a cultural or social framework.

Currently in most countries, there is no formal law that has been formulated against structural abuse, protecting the victim from such abuse, and enabling him or her to approach the court for relevant justice.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Discrimination
• Judicial murder
• Kangaroo court
• Structural violence
• [[Educational Trauma [1]]

Further reading

• Hines, Denise A.; Kathleen Malley-Morrison (2005). Family Violence in the United States: Defining, Understanding, and Combating Abuse. SAGE. ISBN 0761930868. http://books.google.com/books?id=UKs-IyJgjRIC&pg=PA10&dq=%22structural+abuse%22&sig=R-78PtLhA2bhWRLQyrTPHVV2ecI#PPA10,M1.
• Lawson, Edward H.; Mary Lou Bertucci, Laurie S. Wiseberg (1996). Encyclopedia of Human Rights. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 1560323620. http://books.google.com/books?id=LHoO5qUcSD4C&pg=PA102&dq=%22structural+abuse%22&sig=HnItkcD8SIKC-0iQUU6lxyi8vug.
• Slot, Pieter J.; Angus Charles Johnston (2006). An Introduction to Competition Law. Hart Publishing. ISBN 1841134457. http://books.google.com/books?id=_zLvpzZzsNsC&pg=PA120&vq=%22structural+abuses%22&source=gbs_search_s&sig=BVISTNRkzyBsc0hQfiCJxS8oBAA.
• Hopkins, Michael (2003). The Planetary Bargain: Corporate Social Responsibility Matters. Earthscan. ISBN 1853839736. http://books.google.com/books?id=LHoO5qUcSD4C&pg=PA102&dq=%22structural+abuse%22&sig=HnItkcD8SIKC-0iQUU6lxyi8vug.

• Andrew Young. Condemning Nike Plants Won't Prod Change. NY Times, July 6, 1997.