Child Maltreatment: A Collection of Readings / Edition 1

by John E. B. Myers

Overview

Specifically created to complement the Third Edition of the APSAC Handbook on Child Maltreatment, this collection of 23 carefully selected articles on child abuse and neglect parallels the structure of the Handbook. It is also a great companion to other Sage books, such as Barnett's Family Violence Across the Lifespan and Miller and Perrin's Child Maltreatment.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412995061
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	05/02/2011
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

John E.B. Myers, J.D. is a Distinguished Professor and Scholar at the University of the Pacific Mc George School of Law in Sacramento, California. He is the author or editor of eight books and more than 100 articles and chapters on child maltreatment and his writing has been cited by more than 140 courts, including the United States Supreme Court. John is a frequent speaker at conferences, having made more than 400 presentations around the world.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Part I. The Child Protection System in the United States
Chapter 1. The Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect: Pipe Dreams or Possibilities? - John Leventhal
Chapter 2. Strengthening Social Worker-Client Relationships in Child Protective Services: Addressing Power Imbalances and "Ruptured" Relationships - Sarah Maiter, Sally Palmer, & Shehenaz Manji
Chapter 3. Kinship Care for African American Children: Disproportionate and Disadvantageous - Marian S. Harris & Ada Skyles
Chapter 4. Mothers, Men, and Child Protective Services Involvement - Lawrence M. Berger, Christina Paxson, & Jane Waldfogel
Chapter 5. Is the Adoption and Safe Families Act Influencing Child Welfare Outcomes for Families With Substance Abuse Issues? - Anna Rockhill, Beth L. Green, & Carrie Furrer
Chapter 6. Pathways to Collaboration: Exploring Values and Collaborative Practice Between Child Welfare and Substance Abuse Treatment Fields - Laurie Drabble
Chapter 7. Depression Among Alumni of Foster Care: Decreasing Rates Through Improvement of Experiences in Care - Catherine Roller White, Kirk O’Brien, Peter J. Pecora, Diana English, Jason R. Williams, & Chereese M. Phillips
Chapter 8. Fostering Futures: A Preventive Intervention Program for School-Age Children in Foster Care - Wendy Nilsen
Chapter 9. The Transition From Infertility to Adoption: Perceptions of Lesbian and Heterosexual Couples - Abbie E. Goldberg, Jordan B. Downing, & Hannah B. Richardson
Part II. Neglect
Chapter 10. Measurement of Three Major Subtypes of Child Neglect - Howard Dubowitz, Steven C. Pitts, & Maureen M. Black
Chapter 11. Understanding the Risks of Child Neglect: An Exploration of Poverty and Parenting Characteristics - Kristen Shook Slack, Jane L. Holl, Maria Mc Daniel, Joan Yoo, & Kerry Bolger
Chapter 12. The Potential for Child Neglect: The Case of Adolescent Mothers and Their Children - Julie J. Lounds, John G. Borkowski, & Thomas L. Whitman
Chapter 13. Parental Substance Abuse and Child Well-Being: A Consideration of Parents' Gender and Coresidence - Cynthia Osborne & Lawrence M. Berger
Chapter 14. Child Maltreatment Trends in the 1990s: Why Does Neglect Differ From Sexual and Physical Abuse? - Lisa M. Jones, David Finkelhor, & Stephanie Halter
Chapter 15. Preventing Child Abuse: A Meta-Analysis of Parent Training Programs - Brad W. Lundahl, Janelle Nimer, & Bruce Parsons
Chapter 16. Recognizing and Treating Uncommon Behavioral and Emotional Disorders in Children and Adolescents Who Have Been Severely Maltreated: Reactive Attachment Disorder - Jeffrey J. Haugaard & Cindy Hazan
Chapter 17. The Co-occurrence of Child Maltreatment and Domestic Violence: Examining Both Neglect and Child Physical Abuse - Carolyn Copps Hartley
Part III. Physical Abuse
Chapter 18. Child Physical Abuse: Prevalence, Characteristics, Predictors, and Beliefs About Parent-Child Violence in South Asian, Middle Eastern, East Asian, and Latina Women in the United States - Azmaira H. Maker, Priti V. Shah, & Zia Agha
Part IV. Child Sexual Abuse
Chapter 19. An Exploratory Study of Victim Resistance in Child Sexual Abuse: Offender Modus Operandi and Victim Characteristics - Benoit Leclerc, Richard Wortley, & Stephen Smallbone
Part V. Investigation and Substantiation of Neglect and Abuse
Chapter 20. Socioemotional Factors in Child Sexual Abuse Investigations - Irit Hershkowitz
Index
About the Editor