Child Maltreatment

Emerging Perspectives

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Child Maltreatment

Emerging Perspectives

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With summaries, review questions and suggested projects with each chapter and a broad and balanced view of the field, Child Maltreatment makes a splendid text for courses in child abuse.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Children and Childhood
Chapter 2 Child Abuse: From Individual Deviance to Social Problem
Chapter 3 Definitions, Reporting, and Substantiation: Conceptual Issues in Identifying Maltreated Children
Chapter 4 Incidence and Prevalence: Methodological Issues in Identifying Maltreated Children
Chapter 5 Physical Abuse: Descriptive and Causal Factors
Chapter 6 Physical Abuse: Consequences, Treatment, and Prevention
Chapter 7 Emotional Maltreatment
Chapter 8 Sexual Abuse: Definitions and Causal Factors
Chapter 9 Sexual Abuse: Consequences, Treatment, and Prevention
Chapter 10 Neglect: Definitions, Diagnostic Approaches and Descriptions
Chapter 11 Neglect: Causes, Consequences, Treatment, and Prevention
Chapter 12 Child Maltreatment in Out-of-Home Settings
Chapter 13 Unresolved Issues in Protecting Children

Product details

Published Jan 01 1992
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 238
ISBN 9780930390211
Imprint AltaMira Press
Dimensions 230 x 154 mm
Series The Reynolds Series in Sociology
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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