Child Abuse, Child Development, Social Policy (Advances in Applied Developmental Psychology) (v. 8)

Cicchetti, Dante (Editor) / Toth, Sheree (Editor)

ISBN 10: 1567500420 / ISBN 13: 9781567500424

Published by Ablex Publishing, 1993

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468 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.25 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Child Abuse, Child Development, Social Policy (Advances in Applied Developmental Psychology) (v. 8)
• Publisher: Ablex Publishing
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1567500420
• ISBN 13: 9781567500424
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.83 kilograms

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Synopsis

TABLE OF CONTENTS: (1) Child maltreatment research and social policy: The neglected nexus (2) Defining child maltreatment: The interface between policy and research (3) Developmental research and legal policy: Toward a two-way street (4) The suggestibility of children's recollections (5) Optimizing children's testimony: Research and social policy issues concerning allegations of child sexual abuse (6) Children in dangerous environments: Child maltreatment in the context of community violence (7) Child maltreatment: Implications for policy from cross-cultural research (8) Child maltreatment in the African-American community (9) A Family/Relational perspective on maltreating families: Parallel processes across systems and social policy implications (10) Child maltreatment and school adaptation: Problems and promises (11) Child maltreatment research: Implications for program design (12) Child abuse intervention research: Implications for Policy (13) Child maltreatment: Where do we go from here in our treatment of victims?

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