Book of Donmon Teith

In 1993 the National Research Council released its landmark report Understanding Child Abuse and Neglect (NRC, 1993). That report identified child maltreatment

Each year, child protective services receive reports of child abuse and neglect involving six million children, and many more go unreported. The long-term human

Although child neglect is the most common form of abuse, the extant research literature has mostly ignored this form of child maltreatment. Now editor Howard Du

Research has already been a significant factor in child welfare policy in recent years, but this essential new volume demonstrates that it has taken a leading r

Describes the scope and causes of child abuse, examines current policies and laws, and offers a practical assessment of future strategies to end child abuse.