Neglected children [[electronic resource] ] : research, practice, and policy / / Howard Dubowitz, editor

• Pubblicazione: Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c1999
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (viii, 320 p.)
• Disciplina: 362.7680973
• Soggetto topico: Child abuse - United States; Abused children - Services for - United States; Social work with children - United States
• Altri autori: DubowitzHoward
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 - Child Neglect: The Family with a Hole in the Middle; Chapter 2 - Child Neglect: A Review of Definitions and Measurement Research; Chapter 3 - Child Neglect: Causes and Contributors; Chapter 4 - Cultural Competence and Child Neglect; Chapter 5 - Child Neglect: Short-Term and Long-Term Outcomes; Chapter 6 - Neglect of Children's Health Care; Chapter 7 - Prenatal Alcohol and Drug Use and Risk for Child Maltreatment: A Timely Approach to Intervention; Chapter 8 - Fatal Child Neglect; Chapter 9 - The Prevention of Child Neglect ; Chapter 10 - Evaluation and Risk Assessment of Child Neglect in Public Child Protection ServicesChapter 11 - Intervening with Families when Children are Neglected; Chapter 12 - Are Battered Women Bad Mothers? Rethinking the Termination of Abused Women's Parental Rights for Failure to Protect; Chapter 13 - Child Neglect: Research Recommendations and Future Directions; Chapter 14 - Policy Issues in Child Neglect; Index; About the Contributors
• Sommario/riassunto: The editor and the contributing authors present a rich, interdisciplinary conceptualization with a broad view of neglect, moving far beyond the current child welfare focus on parental omissions in care. This broader view is essential to seriously addressing the complex and pervasive underpinnings of neglect.
• Titolo autorizzato: Neglected children
• ISBN: 1-4522-6220-9; 1-322-41635-4; 0-7619-0853-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910785986103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II