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Record Nr.

UNINA9910153184303321

Autore

McCabe Kimberly A. <1965, >

Titolo

Child abuse : today's issues / / Kimberly A. McCabe, Daniel G. Murphy

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boca Raton : , : CRC Press, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

1-315-40128-2

1-315-40130-4

1-315-40129-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (211 pages)

Disciplina

362.760973

Soggetti

Child abuse - United States

Abused children - United States

Child welfare - United States

Criminal justice, Administration of - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introducing child abuse -- 2. Physical abuse -- 3. Sexual abuse -- 4. Emotional abuse -- 5. Neglect -- 6. Theoretical explanations for child abuse -- 7. Child trafficking -- 8. Child abuse and technology -- 9. Criminal justice responses to today's child abuse.

Sommario/riassunto

The purpose of this book is to attempt to explore child abuse from a contemporary perspective in terms of its multiple elements, victims, and criminal justice responses. This text will: (1) begin to address the needs of those studying child abuse from a cultural perspective; (2) provide a general profile of today's perpetrators of child abuse as well as conditions that may facilitate the abuse; (3) provide information on current modes of child abuse; (4) provide discussions on long-term consequences for adult victims of child abuse; and, (5) provide details in terms of criminal justice responses to child abuse in the United States and internationally.