The Battered Child

Helfer, Ray; Ruth S. Kempke

ISBN 10: 0226326314 / ISBN 13: 9780226326313

Published by Univ of Chicago Pr, Chicago, IL, 1987

About this Item

Fourth Edition, Revised and Expanded. Hard cover 4to in glazed illustrated brown boards. Fine and unmarked book in About Fine DJ w/sunned spine. 470pp inc. Index; illustrated in photos. 496 p.

Seller Inventory # 043629

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Battered Child
• Publisher: Univ of Chicago Pr, Chicago, IL
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226326314
• ISBN 13: 9780226326313
• Binding: Glazed Boards
• Edition: 4th Edition.
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: About Fine
• Book Type: Book
• Seller catalogs:
  • Non-Fiction

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Synopsis

First published in 1968, The Battered Child quickly became a landmark work. Our awareness of child abuse today is due in no small part to the remarkable impact of its first and subsequent editions.

The new edition of this classic text continues the legacy. While updating and significantly adding to previous editions, the fifth edition retains the multidisciplinary and comprehensive approach that initially set the work apart. This new edition contains chapters from professionals in such diverse fields as pediatrics, psychiatry, legal studies, and social work that reflect the past decade's extraordinary advances in research and techniques. Twenty of the book's 30 chapters are entirely new, while the remaining material has been extensively revised.

Part I provides a historical overview of child abuse and neglect as well as background material on the cultural, psychiatric, social, economic, and legal contexts of child maltreatment. Part II discusses the processes of assessing cases of physical, emotional, and sexual abuse and neglect from the unique perspectives of all the professionals involved, including teachers, pediatricians, and social workers. Part III describes intervention and treatment, focusing on legal issues, investigative procedures, and therapeutic processes, while Part IV addresses prevention and policy issues.

Previous editions of The Battered Child have earned the labels of "a classic" and a "Bible." With its up-to-date information, unequaled scope, and contributions from experts on every aspect of child abuse, the fifth edition of this cornerstone text is even more essential to the field than its predecessors.

"Comprehensive and up-to-date."â David Cottrell, British Journal of Psychiatry

"A valuable contribution to the field of abuse and neglect"â Prasanna Nair, Journal of the American Medical Association