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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Crosson-Tower, Cynthia. Understanding child abuse and neglect. Boston : Pearson/Allyn & Bacon, c2008 (OCoLC)608209861 |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Cynthia Crosson-Tower |
| ISBN: | 0205503268 9780205503261 |
| OCLC Number: | 150902303 |
| Description: | 451 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | The maltreatment of children from a historical perspective -- The family : roles, responsibilities, and rights -- Maltreatment and the developing child -- The neglect of children -- The physical abuse of children -- The sexual abuse of children -- Incest : familial abuse -- Extrafamilial sexual abuse, misuse, and exploitation -- Psychological maltreatment of children -- Intervention : reporting and investigation -- Intervention : case management and roles of other professionals -- The legal response to child abuse and neglect -- Treatment : physical abuse and neglect -- Treatment : sexual abuse -- Foster care as a therapeutic tool -- The social worker and the system -- Adults abused as children -- Prevention -- Toward a better tomorrow. |
| Responsibility: | Cynthia Crosson-Tower. |
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