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An introduction to child maltreatment in the United States : history, public policy, and research
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- Creator
- by Clifford K. Dorne
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- English
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- Third edition
- Monsey, N.Y. : Criminal Justice Press, 2002
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- xiv, 320 pages ; 23 cm
- ISBNs
- 9781881798392, 1881798399
- OCLC
- ocm51717029
- Rev. ed. of: Child maltreatment. c1997.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-314) and index.
- Child maltreatment -- Historical perspectives on child maltreatment -- The extent of child maltreatment in the United States -- Theories of child maltreatment -- The discovery and treatment of child maltreatment -- State reporting laws and federal policy -- The juvenile court -- Child protective services -- Criminal justict processing of child abusers -- Concluding remarks