Child maltreatment : a collection of readings / editor, John E. B. Myers.

Other author Myers, John E. B.
Format Book
Publication InfoThousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, ©2012.
Description375 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
Subjects
Child abuse--United States.
Child abuse--United States. --Prevention.
Child welfare--United States.

Contents The child protection system in the United States -- The prevention of child abuse and neglect : pipe dreams or possibilities? / John Leventhal -- Strengthening social worker-client relationships in child protective services : addressing power imbalances and "ruptured" relationships / Sarah Maiter, Sally Palmer, and Shehenaz Manji -- Kinship care for African American children : disproportionate and disadvantageous / Marian S. Harris and Ada Skyles -- Mothers, men, and child protective services involvement / Lawrence M. Berger, Christina Paxson, and Jane Waldfogel -- Is the Adoption and Safe Families Act influencing child welfare outcomes for families with substance abuse issues? / Anna Rockhill, Beth L. Green, and Carrie Furrer -- Pathways to collaboration : exploring values and collaborative practice between child welfare and substance abuse treatment fields / Laurie Drabble -- Depression among alumni of foster care : decreasing rates through improvement of experiences in care / Catherine Roller White ... [et al.] -- Fostering futures : a preventive intervention program for school-age children in foster care / Wendy Nilsen -- The transition from infertility to adoption : perceptions of lesbian and heterosexual couples / Abbie E. Goldberg, Jordan B. Downing, and Hannah B. Richardson -- Neglect -- Measurement of three major subtypes of child neglect / Howard Dubowitz, Steven C. Pitts, and Maureen M. Black -- Understanding the risks of child neglect : an exploration of poverty and parenting characteristics / Kristen Shook Slack ... [et al.] -- The potential for child neglect : the case of adolescent mothers and their children / Julie J. Lounds, John G. Borkowski, and Thomas L. Whitman -- Parental substance abuse and child well-being : a consideration of parents' gender and coresidence / Cynthia Osborne and Lawrence M. Berger -- Child maltreatment trends in the 1990s : why does neglect differ from sexual and physical abuse? / Lisa M. Jones, David Finkelhor, and Stephanie Halter -- Preventing child abuse : a meta-analysis of parent training programs / Brad W. Lundahl, Janelle Nimer, and Bruce Parsons -- Recognizing and treating uncommon behavioral and emotional disorders in children and adolescents who have been severely maltreated : reactive attachment disorder / Jeffrey J. Haugaard and Cindy Hazan -- The co-occurrence of child maltreatment and domestic violence : examining both neglect and child physical abuse / Carolyn Copps Hartley -- Physical abuse -- Child physical abuse : prevalence, characteristics, predictors, and beliefs about parent-child violence in South Asian, Middle Eastern, East Asian, and Latina women in the United States / Azmaira H. Maker, Priti V. Shah, and Zia Agha -- Child sexual abuse -- An exploratory study of victim resistance in child sexual abuse : offender modus operandi and victim characteristics / Benoit Leclerc, Richard Wortley, and Stephen Smallbone -- Investigation and substantiation of neglect and abuse -- Socioemotional factors in child sexual abuse investigations / Irit Hershkowitz.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010054147
ISBN9781412995061 (pbk.)
ISBN141299506X (pbk.)

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