Prevention of Child Maltreatment: A Guide to Current and Future Efforts: Volume 1, Definitions of Abuse and Prevention

Randell Alexander,Neil Guterman,Sandra Alexander

ISBN 10: 1878060392 / ISBN 13: 9781878060396

Published by STM Learning 2012-09-15, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Prevention of Child Maltreatment: A Guide to Current and Future Efforts: Volume 1, Definitions of Abuse and Prevention
• Publisher: STM Learning 2012-09-15
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1878060392
• ISBN 13: 9781878060396
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

STM Learning’s Research and Practices in Child Maltreatment Prevention, Volume 1: Definitions of Abuse and Prevention defines in detail the many forms of child abuse that occur. In addition, this text explores the history and science behind child abuse prevention efforts, contemporary prevention models, and emergent risk factors for abuse.

About the Author

Randell Alexander, MD, PhD, FAAP
Randell Alexander is a professor of pediatrics at the University of Florida and the Morehouse School of Medicine. He currently serves as chief of the Division of Child Protection and Forensic Pediatrics and interim chief of the Division of Developmental Pediatrics at the University of Florida-Jacksonville. In addition, he is the statewide medical director of child protections teams for the Department of Health's Children's Medical Services and is part of the International Advisory Board for the National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome. He has also served as vice chair of the US Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect, on the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect, and the boards of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) and Prevent Child Abuse America. Randell Alexander has served on state child death review committees in Iowa, Georgia, and Florida, and two regional child death review committees. He is an active researcher, lectures widely, and testifies frequently in major child abuse cases throughout the country.