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The smallest victims : a history of child maltreatment and child protection in America / Herbert C. Covey.
Van Pelt Library HV6626.52 .C68 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Covey, Herbert C., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Child abuse--United States.
- Child abuse.
- United States.
- Child abuse--United States--Prevention.
- Child welfare--United States.
- Child welfare.
- Child abuse--Prevention.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 291 pages ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2018]
- Contents:
- The social construction of child maltreatment
- Overview of child maltreatment
- Child fatalities due to maltreatment
- The exploitation of children : child labor and sexual maltreatment
- The development of the child protection system before the 20th century
- The development of the child protection system in the 20th and 21st centuries
- The nexus of parental rights, children's rights, and state intervention
- Out of home placement : when to preserve families or remove children
- Appendix A: Important figures in the history of child protection
- Appendix B: Timeline
- Notes
- References
- Index
- About the author.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Electronic version: Covey, Herbert C. Smallest victims.
- ISBN:
- 9781440860713
- 1440860718
- OCLC:
- 1030975954
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