| Description |
xiii, 258 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
ch. 1. Introduction -- ch. 2. Childhood, child abuse and history -- ch. 3. A history of child abuse and neglect 1870-1991 -- ch. 4. Child protection and family support in the 1990s -- ch. 5. Defining child abuse -- ch. 6. The extent of child abuse -- ch. 7. Who abuses whom -- ch. 8. The causation of child abuse -- ch. 9. The consequences of child abuse -- ch. 10. Research into child protection practice -- ch. 11. Current issues in child protection work |
| Summary |
This book provides a concise but comprehensive introduction to a wide range of knowledge that is of crucial importance to students and practitioners in the child protection field. It stresses the need to understand child abuse in a historical, social and political context, and critically reviews a wide range of relevant contemporary reserach in Britain, the USA and Europe |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 1993 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Child abuse -- Research.
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Child abuse -- Great Britain.
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Child abuse.
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Child Abuse [MESH]
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Child Abuse.
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Child Abuse.
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| LC no. |
00037507 |
| ISBN |
0335205674 (paperback) |
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0335205682 |
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