Child protection in America : past, present, and future / John E.B. Myers.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Myers, John E. B.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child welfare--United States.

Child welfare.

Child welfare--United States--History.

Child abuse--United States--Prevention.

Child abuse.

Child abuse--Law and legislation--United States.

Children--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.

Children.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (319 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Child abuse and neglect are intractable problems exacting a terrible toll on children and rending the very fabric of our society. What can be done to reduce the suffering? If there were simple solutions to abuse and neglect they would have been discovered long ago. There are no easy answers, but in this vivid history of child protection in America, John E.B. Myers introduces realistic policies that will reduce maltreatment and strengthen the system that protects our children. Before it is possible to design viable improvements in today's system, it is necessary to understand how it evolved. Th

Contents:

Child protection from the colonial period to 1875

Societies for the prevention of cruelty to children

Child protection from 1900 to 1962

Child protection from 1962 to the present

Child sexual abuse

Causes of child abuse and neglect

Reducing abuse and neglect

Improving the child protection system.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-300) and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-029079-X

1-280-84093-5

0-19-803787-2

1-4294-0282-2

OCLC:

476025997