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Child Maltreatment: A Primer in History, Public Policy, and Research [Paperback]

Clifford K. Dorne (Author)


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July 1, 2001 0911577432 978-0911577433 2nd
Substantially revised and extended edition of the widely regarded classic on child abuse. "No book comes close to Dorne's ability to cast child maltreatment into the criminal justice framework, while simultaneously keeping the medical and welfare approaches clearly in view..." --from the Foreword. Foreword by Graeme Newman. (Revised edition of Crimes against Children)

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Excellent text for undergraduate or graduate courses in child abuse, social control, social deviance, child protection, juvenile justice, family studies and domestic violence.

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Clifford K. Dorne is Profesor of Criminal Justice and Assistant Dean of the College of Arts and Behavioral Sciences at Saginaw Valley State University in Michigan. He holds a doctorate in Criminal Justice from the State University of New York at Albany, and teaches in the areas of juvenile justice, criminology, and conflict management. He is co-editor of the anthology "American Juvenile Justice: Cases, Legislation and Comments," is an associate editor of the Journal of Deviant Behavior, and has published articles in numerous scholarly journals. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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  • Paperback: 220 pages
  • Publisher: Harrow & Heston; 2nd edition (July 1, 2001)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0911577432
  • ISBN-13: 978-0911577433
  • Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6 x 0.5 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12 ounces
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,661,381 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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ALTHOUGH CHILD ABUSE has been considered to be a major social problem over the past 40 years, children have been victimized and even brutalized by adults throughout human history (Aries, 1962; Radbill, 1987; de Mause, 1974). Read the first page
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child maltreatment reporting laws, child maltreatment cases, child maltreatment field, child maltreatment investigations, whenever safely, generational recycling, family preservation movement, child maltreatment problem, temporary foster care placements, intensive family preservation services, child sexual molestation, state reporting laws, federal public policy, child sexual exploitation, refuge movement, battered child syndrome, endangered children, criminal adjudications, permanency planning, maltreated children, child sexual abuse cases, reporting legislation, preventing child abuse, reporting statutes, nonabused children
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United States, New York, National Center, Harm Standard, Mary Ellen, Prevent Child Abuse America, American Academy of Pediatrics, Coordinating Council, American Humane Association, Bureau of Justice Statistics, Endangerment Standard, World War, American Psychiatric Association, Child Welfare League of America, Andrea Yates, Contemporary Pediatrics, Delinquency Prevention, Henry Kempe, M'Naghten Rule, New England, Social Security Act
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