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Children, social science, and the law /
This book broadens our conceptualization of the topic of children and law, addressing a wide-ranging set of issues in need of attention. The authors confront many difficult questions such as: Are the rights that our nation's laws ascribe to children commensurate with their capabilities and need...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2002.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Children, social science, and the law : an introduction to the issues / Bette L. Bottoms, Margaret Bull Kovera, Bradley D. McAuliff
- Part I. Children's rights, their capabilities, and society's responsibilities to children. The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996: what will it mean for children? / Brian L. Wilcox, Rebecca A. Colman, Jennifer M. Wyatt
- Advocacy for children's rights / Mark A. Small, Susan P. Limber
- Children's rights and capacities / Melinda G. Schmidt, N. Dickon Reppucci
- Children's legal representation in civil litigation / Ann M. Haralambie, Kari L. Nysse-Carris
- Part II. Children and family change. Termination of parental rights to free children for adoption : conflicts between parents, children, and the state / Jeffrey J. Haugaard, Rosemary J. Avery
- Child custody research at the crossroads : issues for a new century / Charlene E. Depner
- Children of lesbian and gay parents : research, law and policy / Charlotte J. Patterson, Megan Fulcher, Jennifer Wainright
- Part III. Juvenile aggression and juvenile justice. Juvenile transfer to adult court : how can developmental and child psychology inform policy decision making? / Randall T. Salekin
- Youth violence : correlates, interventions, and legal implications / Carrie S. Fried, N. Dickon Reppucci
- Capacity, competence, and the juvenile defendant : implications for researcha nd policy / Jennifer L. Woolard
- Part IV. Children as victims and witnesses. The effects of community violence on children and adolescents : intervention and social policy / Steven L. Berman, Wendy K. Silverman, William M. Kurtines
- Preventing child abuse and neglect / Mia McFarlane, Howard J. Doueck, Murray Levine
- Children's eyewitness memory : true disclosures and false reports / Jennifer M. Schaaf, Kristen Weede Alexander, Gail S. Goodman, Simona Ghetti, Robin S. Edelstein, Paola Castelli
- Expert testimony on the suggestibility of children : does it fit? / Thomas D. Lyon
- The status of evidentiary and procedural innovations in child abuse proceedings / Bradley D. McAuliff, Margaret Bull Kovera
- Part V. Conclusions and future directions. Starting a new generation of research / Gary B. Melton
- What will it take to bring child-focused law, policy, and research into the 21st century? Concluding thoughts / Howard Davidson.