NCJ Number
65052
Date Published
Unknown
Length
68 pages
Annotation
AN INFORMATION PORTFOLIO PROVIDES PAMPHLETS, BROCHURES, SHORT ARTICLE REPRINTS, LISTS OF LIBRARY MATERIALS, INCLUDING FILMSTRIPS AND AUDIO CASSETTES, ON CHILD ABUSE AND CHILD PROTECTION SERVICES.
Abstract
THIS PORTFOLIO IS STRUCTURED AROUND THE PROBLEM OF CHILD ABUSE, ALERTING SIGNS FOR TEACHERS, POLICE OFFICERS, AND HOSPITAL PERSONNEL, AND SUGGESTIONS ON WORKING WITH ABUSIVE PARENTS. REPRINTS OF ARTICLES FROM VARIOUS SOURCES ON CHILD ABUSE RELATED ISSUES INCLUDE DYSFUNCTIONS OF PARENTING, THE BATTERED CHILD, THE NEGLECTED CHILD, THE EXPLOITED CHILD; WORKING WITH ABUSIVE PARENTS; VALUES AND ANALYTIC APPROACHES TO CHILD ABUSE; INTERVIEWING ABUSIVE PARENTS; THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NATURAL PARENTS TO THE CHILD IN PLACEMENT; ATTITUDES OF INTERVENORS; AND SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN. BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES ARE LISTED IN SEVERAL SEPARATE SHEETS AND AN EXHAUSTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY ON SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN IS ALSO PROVIDED. A LIST OF MEMBERS OF THE WASHINGTON STATE COALITION OF COUNCILS FOR PREVENTION OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT IS PART OF THE LITERATURE CONTAINED IN THE PORTFOLIO.