Child protection in America [[electronic resource] ] : past, present, and future / / John E.B. Myers
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| Autore: |
Myers John E. B
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| Titolo: |
Child protection in America [[electronic resource] ] : past, present, and future / / John E.B. Myers
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| Pubblicazione: | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (319 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 362.760973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Child welfare - United States |
| Child welfare - United States - History | |
| Child abuse - United States - Prevention | |
| Child abuse - Law and legislation - United States | |
| Children - Legal status, laws, etc - United States | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-300) and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Child protection from the colonial period to 1875 -- Societies for the prevention of cruelty to children -- Child protection from 1900 to 1962 -- Child protection from 1962 to the present -- Child sexual abuse -- Causes of child abuse and neglect -- Reducing abuse and neglect -- Improving the child protection system. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Child abuse and neglect are intractable problems exacting a terrible toll on children and rending the very fabric of our society. What can be done to reduce the suffering? If there were simple solutions to abuse and neglect they would have been discovered long ago. There are no easy answers, but in this vivid history of child protection in America, John E.B. Myers introduces realistic policies that will reduce maltreatment and strengthen the system that protects our children. Before it is possible to design viable improvements in today's system, it is necessary to understand how it evolved. Th |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Child protection in America |
| ISBN: | 1-280-84093-5 |
| 0-19-803787-2 | |
| 1-4294-0282-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910465111103321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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