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The politics of child abuse in America /

Child abuse policy in the United States contains dangerous contradictions. A rapidly expanding child abuse industry, consisting of enterprising psychotherapists and attorneys, consumes enormous resources. At the same time, thousands of poor children are seriously injured or killed, many while being...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Costin, Lela B.
Otros Autores: Karger, Howard Jacob, 1948-, Stoesz, David
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Colección:Child welfare (Oxford University Press)
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The cultural landscape of child abuse in the United States
  • Child abuse as a social problem: the emergence of the child savers
  • The decline and rediscovery of child abuse, 1920-1960
  • From the "battered child" syndrome to the "battered psyche" syndrome: rediscovering child abuse in the 1960s and beyond
  • The breakdown of the child abuse system
  • Restructuring child abuse services: the children's authority.