The APSAC Handbook on Child Maltreatment - Softcover

Myers, John E. B.; Berliner, Lucy; Briere, John N.; Hendrix, Charles Terry; Reid, Theresa A.; Jenny, Carole A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0761919929 ISBN 13: 9780761919926

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2001

Synopsis

A resource of unparalleled thoroughness, The APSAC Handbook on Child Maltreatment, Second Edition provides critical information for those who dedicate their working lives to alleviating the causes and consequences of child abuse and neglect. Written in engaging but straightforward language and committed to immediate application, this comprehensive handbook covers physical and sexual abuse, all forms of neglect, and psychological maltreatment. Experts in a variety of specialized areas have designed each chapter to inform professionals in mental health, law, medicine, law enforcement, and child protective services of the most current empirical research and literature available as well as strategies for intervention and prevention.

About this title

About the Author:

John E.B. Myers, J.D. is a Distinguished Professor and Scholar at the University of the Pacific McGeorge 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.

About this edition

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0761919929
• ISBN 13: 9780761919926
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 600