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Child Maltreatment
A Collection of Readings
Edited by:
- John E.B. Myers - University of the Pacific, USA
June 2011 | 384 pages | SAGE Publications, Inc
This Reader is a collection of 23 articles on child abuse and neglect. It makes an ideal complement to the APSAC Handbook on Child Maltreatment, Third Edition.
The book is divided into five parts, including the following:
- child protection in the United States
- child neglect
- physical abuse
- child sexual abuse
- investigation and substantiation of neglect and abuse.
All articles selected are from the SAGE leading journals Child Maltreatment and the Journal of Interpersonal Violence. Each article contains a one-page summary of key points written by John E B Myers as well as discussion questions at the end of each chapter.
Introduction
Part I. The Child Protection System in the United States
John Leventhal
Chapter 1. The Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect: Pipe Dreams or Possibilities?
Sarah Maiter, Sally Palmer, & Shehenaz Manji
Chapter 2. Strengthening Social Worker-Client Relationships in Child Protective Services: Addressing Power Imbalances and "Ruptured" Relationships
Marian S. Harris & Ada Skyles
Chapter 3. Kinship Care for African American Children: Disproportionate and Disadvantageous
Lawrence M. Berger, Christina Paxson, & Jane Waldfogel
Chapter 4. Mothers, Men, and Child Protective Services Involvement
Anna Rockhill, Beth L. Green, & Carrie Furrer
Chapter 5. Is the Adoption and Safe Families Act Influencing Child Welfare Outcomes for Families With Substance Abuse Issues?
Laurie Drabble
Chapter 6. Pathways to Collaboration: Exploring Values and Collaborative Practice Between Child Welfare and Substance Abuse Treatment Fields
Catherine Roller White, Kirk O’Brien, Peter J. Pecora, Diana English, Jason R. Williams, & Chereese M. Phillips
Chapter 7. Depression Among Alumni of Foster Care: Decreasing Rates Through Improvement of Experiences in Care
Wendy Nilsen
Chapter 8. Fostering Futures: A Preventive Intervention Program for School-Age Children in Foster Care
Abbie E. Goldberg, Jordan B. Downing, & Hannah B. Richardson
Chapter 9. The Transition From Infertility to Adoption: Perceptions of Lesbian and Heterosexual Couples
Part II. Neglect
Howard Dubowitz, Steven C. Pitts, & Maureen M. Black
Chapter 10. Measurement of Three Major Subtypes of Child Neglect
Kristen Shook Slack, Jane L. Holl, Maria McDaniel, Joan Yoo, & Kerry Bolger
Chapter 11. Understanding the Risks of Child Neglect: An Exploration of Poverty and Parenting Characteristics
Julie J. Lounds, John G. Borkowski, & Thomas L. Whitman
Chapter 12. The Potential for Child Neglect: The Case of Adolescent Mothers and Their Children
Cynthia Osborne & Lawrence M. Berger
Chapter 13. Parental Substance Abuse and Child Well-Being: A Consideration of Parents' Gender and Coresidence
Lisa M. Jones, David Finkelhor, & Stephanie Halter
Chapter 14. Child Maltreatment Trends in the 1990s: Why Does Neglect Differ From Sexual and Physical Abuse?
Brad W. Lundahl, Janelle Nimer, & Bruce Parsons
Chapter 15. Preventing Child Abuse: A Meta-Analysis of Parent Training Programs
Jeffrey J. Haugaard & Cindy Hazan
Chapter 16. Recognizing and Treating Uncommon Behavioral and Emotional Disorders in Children and Adolescents Who Have Been Severely Maltreated: Reactive Attachment Disorder
Carolyn Copps Hartley
Chapter 17. The Co-occurrence of Child Maltreatment and Domestic Violence: Examining Both Neglect and Child Physical Abuse
Part III. Physical Abuse
Azmaira H. Maker, Priti V. Shah, & Zia Agha
Chapter 18. Child Physical Abuse: Prevalence, Characteristics, Predictors, and Beliefs About Parent-Child Violence in South Asian, Middle Eastern, East Asian, and Latina Women in the United States
Part IV. Child Sexual Abuse
Benoit Leclerc, Richard Wortley, & Stephen Smallbone
Chapter 19. An Exploratory Study of Victim Resistance in Child Sexual Abuse: Offender Modus Operandi and Victim Characteristics
Part V. Investigation and Substantiation of Neglect and Abuse
Irit Hershkowitz
Chapter 20. Socioemotional Factors in Child Sexual Abuse Investigations
Index
About the Editor
May use the book for another course in the Spring 2013.
Criminal Justice, Alvernia University
July 31, 2012
did not meet need
Counslng Ed Psych Spec Ed Dept, Michigan State University
May 30, 2012
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the different aspects of child maltreatment and was particularly useful to show students different perspectives on the topic.
School of Humanities, Waterford Institute of Technology
January 20, 2012
The selection of readings was disappointing and did not fit the course goals well
Social Work, Mount Royal University
July 17, 2011
