John E B Myers

Child Maltreatment

A Collection of Readings

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Specifically created to complement the Third Edition of the APSAC Handbook on Child Maltreatment, this collection of 23 carefully selected articles on child abuse and neglect parallels the structure of the Handbook. It is also a great companion to other Sage books, such as Barnett's Family Violence Across the Lifespan and Miller and Perrin's Child Maltreatment.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc
• Seitenzahl: 386
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Mai 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 191mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 719g
• ISBN-13: 9781412995061
• ISBN-10: 141299506X
• Artikelnr.: 32890132

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Part I. The Child Protection System in the United States
Chapter 1. The Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect: Pipe Dreams or
Possibilities? - John Leventhal
Chapter 2. Strengthening Social Worker-Client Relationships in Child
Protective Services: Addressing Power Imbalances and "Ruptured"
Relationships - Sarah Maiter, Sally Palmer, & Shehenaz Manji
Chapter 3. Kinship Care for African American Children: Disproportionate and
Disadvantageous - Marian S. Harris & Ada Skyles
Chapter 4. Mothers, Men, and Child Protective Services Involvement -
Lawrence M. Berger, Christina Paxson, & Jane Waldfogel
Chapter 5. Is the Adoption and Safe Families Act Influencing Child Welfare
Outcomes for Families With Substance Abuse Issues? - Anna Rockhill, Beth L.
Green, & Carrie Furrer
Chapter 6. Pathways to Collaboration: Exploring Values and Collaborative
Practice Between Child Welfare and Substance Abuse Treatment Fields -
Laurie Drabble
Chapter 7. Depression Among Alumni of Foster Care: Decreasing Rates Through
Improvement of Experiences in Care - Catherine Roller White, Kirk O'Brien,
Peter J. Pecora, Diana English, Jason R. Williams, & Chereese M. Phillips
Chapter 8. Fostering Futures: A Preventive Intervention Program for
School-Age Children in Foster Care - Wendy Nilsen
Chapter 9. The Transition From Infertility to Adoption: Perceptions of
Lesbian and Heterosexual Couples - Abbie E. Goldberg, Jordan B. Downing, &
Hannah B. Richardson
Part II. Neglect
Chapter 10. Measurement of Three Major Subtypes of Child Neglect - Howard
Dubowitz, Steven C. Pitts, & Maureen M. Black
Chapter 11. Understanding the Risks of Child Neglect: An Exploration of
Poverty and Parenting Characteristics - Kristen Shook Slack, Jane L. Holl,
Maria McDaniel, Joan Yoo, & Kerry Bolger
Chapter 12. The Potential for Child Neglect: The Case of Adolescent Mothers
and Their Children - Julie J. Lounds, John G. Borkowski, & Thomas L.
Whitman
Chapter 13. Parental Substance Abuse and Child Well-Being: A Consideration
of Parents¿ Gender and Coresidence - Cynthia Osborne & Lawrence M. Berger
Chapter 14. Child Maltreatment Trends in the 1990s: Why Does Neglect
Differ From Sexual and Physical Abuse? - Lisa M. Jones, David Finkelhor, &
Stephanie Halter
Chapter 15. Preventing Child Abuse: A Meta-Analysis of Parent Training
Programs - Brad W. Lundahl, Janelle Nimer, & Bruce Parsons
Chapter 16. Recognizing and Treating Uncommon Behavioral and Emotional
Disorders in Children and Adolescents Who Have Been Severely Maltreated:
Reactive Attachment Disorder - Jeffrey J. Haugaard & Cindy Hazan
Chapter 17. The Co-occurrence of Child Maltreatment and Domestic Violence:
Examining Both Neglect and Child Physical Abuse - Carolyn Copps Hartley
Part III. Physical Abuse
Chapter 18. 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, & Zia Agha
Part IV. Child Sexual Abuse
Chapter 19. An Exploratory Study of Victim Resistance in Child Sexual
Abuse: Offender Modus Operandi and Victim Characteristics - Benoit Leclerc,
Richard Wortley, & Stephen Smallbone
Part V. Investigation and Substantiation of Neglect and Abuse
Chapter 20. Socioemotional Factors in Child Sexual Abuse Investigations -
Irit Hershkowitz
Index
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