Child abuse and neglect : biosocial dimensions / Richard J. Gelles, editor, Jane B. Lancaster, editor ; sponsored by the Committee on Biosocial Perspectives on Parent Behavior and Offspring Development, Social Science Research Council.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gelles, Richard J.

Lancaster, Jane Beckman, 1935-

Social Science Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Biosocial Perspectives on Parent Behavior and Offspring Development.

Series:

Foundations of human behavior

Foundations of human behavior.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child abuse.

Child abuse--Cross-cultural studies.

Child Abuse.

Medical Subjects:

Child Abuse.

Genre:

Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

x, 334 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Aldine De Gruyter, 1987.

Summary:

Child Abuse and Neglect applies the biosocial perspective to child maltreatment and maladaptation in parent-child relations. The biosocial perspective is particularly appropriate for investigating parent behavior since the family is the universal social institution in which children are born and reared, in which cultural traditions and values are transmitted, and in which individuals fulfill their biological potential for reproduction, growth, and development. The volume's analysis of the occurrence of child abuse in past history and in other cultures and species advances our ability to predict the probability of child abuse and neglect in various social and ecological contexts.

Notes:

Includes bibliographies.

ISBN:

0202303330 :

0202303349

OCLC:

15550125