The Welfare of Children [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Lindsey Duncan
• Pubblicazione: New York, : Oxford University Press, 2003
• Edizione: 2nd ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (468 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.7; 362.7/0973
• Soggetto topico: Child abuse -- North America -- Prevention -- Finance; Child abuse -- United States -- Prevention -- Finance; Child abuse; Child welfare -- North America -- History; Child welfare -- United States -- History; Child welfare; Child welfare - History - United States; Child welfare - History - North America; Child abuse - Finance - Prevention - United States; Child abuse - Finance - Prevention - North America; Social Welfare & Social Work - General; Social Welfare & Social Work; Social Sciences
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Introduction; Part I: The Child Welfare System; Part II: Ending Child Poverty; Closing; References; Author Index; Subject Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: The Welfare of Children
• ISBN: 1-281-34682-9; 9786611346829; 0-19-803125-4; 1-4237-4191-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808147303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II