"Provides basic consumer health information about abuse and neglect of children and adolescents, along with facts about prevention and intervention strategies and treatment for survivors of abuse. Includes index, glossary of related terms, and other resources"--Provided by publi…
The author draws on the narratives of 65 incarcerated subjects and extensive material from law enforcement files, calling into question prevailing beliefs about criminal character and motivation.
Despite mounting references to the ""transgenerational transmission of violence, "" we still lack a compelling understanding of the linkage between the interpersonal violence of early life and the criminal violence of adulthood. In Prologue to Violence, Abby Stein draws on the g…
"Despite mounting reference to the "transgenerational transmission of violence," we still lack a compelling understanding of the linkage between the interpersonal violence of early life and the criminal violence of adulthood. In Prologue to Violence: Child Abuse, Dissociation, a…
This text is divided into six. The first four deal with different manifestations through the centuries of what would be today considered violence and neglect. The fifth and sixth chapters look at the various violent and non-violent strategies used by children as coping mechanism…
Assessing risk is a key challenge in child protection work. Martin C. Calder presents a clear and accessible guide to understanding risk and the part it plays. This book considers what risk means and how risk assessments should be defined, it outlines the key challenges practiti…