NCJ Number
53271
Editor(s)
R BOURNE,
E H NEWBERGER
Date Published
1978
Length
238 pages
Annotation
THIS COLLECTION OF ESSAYS ON CHILD ABUSE EXAMINES A VARIETY OF TOPICS CONCERNING ANALYTIC APPROACHES TO KNOWLEDGE, PRACTICE, AND POLICY INVOLVING THE CAUSES, TREATMENT, AND PREVENTION OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT.
Abstract
THE BOOK BEGINS WITH AN OVERVIEW THAT PRESENTS SOME OF THE DIFFICULTIES IN DEFINING CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT, EXPLAINING THEIR EXTENT, DETAILING THE VARIOUS CONDITIONS WITH WHICH THEY ARE ASSOCIATED, AND EFFECTIVELY INTERVENING FOR THE PURPOSE OF TREATMENT AND PREVENTION. REMAINING CHAPTERS DISCUSS THE FOLLOWING TOPICS: (1) THE MYTH OF THE BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME; (2) CONCEPTS OF CHILD ABUSE KNOWLEDGE AND EPIDEMIOLOGY; (3) PRINCIPLES AND IMPLICATIONS OF EXISTING PEDIATRIC PRACTICES WITH RESPECT TO CHILD ABUSE; (4) THE SCOPE OF VIOLENCE TOWARD CHILDREN IN THE U.S.; (5) THE COMPLEX NATURE OF CHILD ABUSE; (6) CONCEPTUAL AND PRACTICAL PITFALLS IN BROADENED DEFINITIONS OF CHILD ABUSE; (7) STANDARDS RELATING TO ABUSE AND NEGLECT; (8) AMBIGUITY AND CONFLICT IN PROPOSED STANDARDS FOR ABUSE AND NEGLECT; (9) THE MEDICALIZATION AND LEGALIZATION OF CHILD ABUSE; (10) POLICY, POLITICS, AND THE CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT ACT; AND (11) THE PROSPECT OF FAILURE OF ATTEMPTS TO CONTROL ABUSE IN AMERICA. A FOLLOWUP STUDY OF TRAUMATIZED CHILDREN IS PROVIDED, ALONG WITH TABULAR DATA, REFERENCES, AND AN INDEX. SEE ALSO NCJ-53272, 53273, 53274, 53275, 51440, 19305, 43147, 44235, 51441, 48091, AND 42980. (KBL)