Neglected Children : Research, Practice and Policy.

Child neglect is the most common type of child maltreatment. Substantial evidence indicates that the morbidity and mortality associated with neglect are significant, with enormous costs to the children involved and to society. Yet there is no major text focused exclusively on child neglect. Neglecte...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Dubowitz, Dr. Howard
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Thousand Oaks : SAGE Publications, 1999.
Subjects:
Child abuse > United States.
Abused children > Services for > United States.
Social work with children > United States.
Child health services.
Social service.
Child abuse.
Child Abuse
Child Health Services
Social Work
Enfants > Violence envers > États-Unis.
Enfants maltraités > Services > États-Unis.
Service social aux enfants > États-Unis.
Enfants > Violence envers.
Enfants > Services de santé.
Service social.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Abuse > Child Abuse.
SELF-HELP > Abuse.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sexual Abuse & Harassment.
Social service
Child health services
Abused children > Services for
Child abuse
Social work with children
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Child neglect is the most common type of child maltreatment. Substantial evidence indicates that the morbidity and mortality associated with neglect are significant, with enormous costs to the children involved and to society. Yet there is no major text focused exclusively on child neglect. Neglected Children presents a comprehensive and critical portrait of the phenomenon of neglect, based on theory, research and clinical practice experience. The editor and the contributing authors present a rich, interdisciplinary conceptualization with a broad view of neglect, moving far beyond the curr.
Physical Description:1 online resource (331 pages)
ISBN:9781452262208
1452262209

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