Politics of Child Abuse in America

Zusatztext Costin et al have provided a fascinating account of the development of child abuse politics in America. Informationen zum Autor Lela B. Costin is Professor Emerita at the University of Illinois. Howard Jacob Karger is Professor of Social Work at the University of Houston. David Stoesz is Professor of Social Work at San Diego State University. Klappentext This book is extremely well-written and readable. It is powerful at the same time that it is scholarly and intellectually honest. The author provide a clear, integrated, conceptual historical perspective on the rise of the current child welfare system. They explain the concepts that have guided the system, past and present, and develop an overarching interpretive framework that fits the facts well while accounting for how the system has evolved toward the crisis that it is presently in. The authors jump right into today's heated debates, and emerge with their own unique entry to the current field of proposals for restructuring the system. Zusammenfassung The recent surge in reports of child abuse has led the authors of this text to examine whether our current responses to the problem are adequate. They trace the cultural, social, and legal factors that have shaped the history of child abuse and responses to it since the 1870s.

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• Authors: Lela B. Costin, Lela B. (Professor Emerita Costin, Lela B. Karger Costin, Howard Jacob Karger, Howard Jacob (Professor Karger, David Stoesz, David (Professor Stoesz
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.1997
• EAN: 9780195116687
• ISBN: 978-0-19-511668-7
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Child Welfare; Child Welfare
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Applied psychology; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries