New directions in child abuse and neglect research

"Each year, child protective services receive reports of child abuse and neglect involving six million children, and many more go unreported. The long-term human and fiscal consequences of child abuse and neglect are not relegated to the victims themselves -- they also impact their families, fu...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: Institute of Medicine and National Research Council (-)
Other Authors: Petersen, Anne C., editor (editor), Joseph, Joshua, editor, Feit, Monica N., editor
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, District of Columbia : National Academies Press 2014.
Edition:1st ed
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See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009622031106719
Table of Contents:
  • ""Front Matter""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""2 Describing the Problem""; ""3 Causality""; ""4 Consequences of Child Abuse and Neglect""; ""5 The Child Welfare System""; ""6 Interventions and Service Delivery Systems""; ""7 Research Challenges and Infrastructure""; ""8 Child Abuse and Neglect Policy""; ""9 Recommendations""; ""Appendix A: Workshop Open Session Agendas""; ""Appendix B: Research Recommendations and Priorities from the 1993 National Research Council Report ""Understanding Child Abuse and Neglect""""
  • ""Appendix C: Biosketches of Committee Members""