The politics of child abuse in America /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Costin, Lela B.
Other Authors: Karger, Howard Jacob, 1948-, Stoesz, David
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
Series:Child welfare (Oxford University Press)
Subjects:
Abused children > Services for > United States > History.
Child abuse > United States > Prevention > History.
Social work with children > United States > History.
Enfants maltraités > Services > États-Unis > Histoire.
Enfants > Violence envers > États-Unis > Prévention > Histoire.
Service social aux enfants > États-Unis > Histoire.
SELF-HELP > Abuse.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Abuse > Child Abuse.
Abused children > Services for.
Child abuse > Prevention.
Social work with children.
United States.
Children > Abuse
United States
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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