The Welfare of Children
According to the United Nations' latest data, the United States has more children living in poverty than any other industrialized nation in the world. More than a fifth of all children grow up in poverty. The poverty rates for African-American and Latino children often exceeds 40 percent. Furth...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press
2003.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798122106719 |
| Summary: | According to the United Nations' latest data, the United States has more children living in poverty than any other industrialized nation in the world. More than a fifth of all children grow up in poverty. The poverty rates for African-American and Latino children often exceeds 40 percent. Furthermore, the United States--a country that once pioneered strategies to prevent child abuse and that now spends more money fighting child abuse than any other industrialized country--also has the highest rate of child abuse in the industrialized world. Against this background, Duncan Lindsey, a leading au |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (468 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9781281346827 9786611346829 9780198031253 9781423741916 |
