Introduction -- 1. Childhood, child abuse and history -- 2. A history of child abuse and neglect 1870-2000 -- 3. Protecting children and young people from harm: contemporary perspectives -- 4. Defining child abuse -- 5. Perpetrators of child abuse -- 6. The causation of child abuse -- 7. The consequences of child abuse -- 8. The evidence base for child protection practice -- 9. Global and cultural perspectives on child abuse and neglect -- 10. Reflections for future child protection work
Summary
"This book is an accessible knowledge base for the whole area of child abuse and child protection, now fully updated in terms of policy, cases and research"--EBL
