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The APSAC handbook on child maltreatment / editors, John E.B. Myers ... [and others].
Holman Biotech Commons Oversize HV6626.5 .A83 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Child abuse--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Child abuse.
- Child abuse--Prevention--Handbooks, manuals, etc.
- Child Abusexprevention & control.
- Child abuse--Prevention.
- Medical Subjects:
- Child Abusexprevention & control.
- Genre:
- Handbooks and manuals.
- Physical Description:
- xvi, 582 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
- Edition:
- Second edition.
- Other Title:
- Handbook on child maltreatment
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage Publications, [2002]
- Summary:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Dr. D. Sergeant Pepper Memorial Fund.
- ISBN:
- 0761919910
- 0761919929
- OCLC:
- 47271989
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