Understanding child abuse and neglect /

Understanding child abuse and neglect /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Crosson-Tower, Cynthia
Edition:	8th ed.
Imprint:	Boston : Allyn & Bacon, c2010.
Description:	xviii, 438 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:	English
Subject:	Child abuse -- United States. Abused children -- Services for -- United States. Social work with children -- United States. Abused children -- Services for. Child abuse. Social work with children. United States.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7919918

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ISBN:	9780205769155 0205769152
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	This text offers a comprehensive look at child maltreatment and incorporates history, case vignettes, and the author's own experience as a child protection worker. The author covers the history of child welfare, and neglect. In addition, it explains case management procedures and focuses on how various professionals become involved in the child protection process and how treatment is undertaken. The text concludes with an overview of functional and dysfunctional families, and contrasts healthy child development with development hampered by abuse.

Table of 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, or 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.