Child Abuse: Towards a Knowledge Base - Softcover

Corby, Brian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 033521763X ISBN 13: 9780335217632

Publisher: Open University Press, 2005

Synopsis

Praise for the first edition:
"The format is clear, the size compact, and the text comprehensive, making it an invaluable reference volume."
Child Health

Praise for the second edition:
"Corby has carefully selected the most pressing issues which have arisen...and has assured that all receive a mention."
Child Abuse Review

"It is essential reading for practitioners and students in the child protection field."
Child Right

This bestselling book has been updated to take account of the rapid changes in child protection practices since the previous edition. In the United Kingdom, for instance, legal changes related to high profile cases such as the Victoria Climbié case which resulted in the Laming Report in 2003 followed by the Children’s Act in 2004, have altered interagency and intra-agency procedures.

The need to understand child abuse and neglect in its historical, social and political context remains key to this book but the book has been broadened to include issues such as:

• The exploitation and maltreatment of children world-wide (child trafficking, the impact of war on children, and child labour)
• The commercial sexual exploitation of children
• Treatment of child asylum seekers in Britain
• Abuse of children on the internet
• Controversy relating to child deaths (including Munchausen’s syndrome by proxy)

The book also contains updated research evidence from across the world that investigates child abuse and neglect as they relate to gender, race, ethnicity and poverty.

Child Abuse provides key reading for social work students and practitioners who are working, or intend to work, in the field of child protection.

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Review

"This is a well written, comprehensive and informative book." - Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare "I found it readable, well presented and most informative with child protection as an up-to-date and valuable resource for any library." - Nursing Times "The format is clear, the size compact, and the text comprehensive, making this an invaluable reference volume for teaching libraries and anyone with a specific interest in the subject." - Child Health "...a book which students on DipSW Areas of Particular Practice in child care and family work, and students on post-qualifying child protection courses, will want to have by them for constant reference." - Issues inSocial Work Education "This book will prove a useful tool. Gathering together a wide range of data and theory, it is comprehensive in its coverage and facilitates informed evaluation of the research." - Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health "The book is useful, well structured and easy to read. It manages toaccomplish a great deal and will prove useful and informative to practitioners from many disciplines." - ACPP Review and Newsletter "This book is clearly written, it is easy to read and is virtually free of jargon. The subject matter is firmly located within its broader historical, social and political contexts, and a number of existing debates have been thoroughly expanded." - Youth and Policy

Synopsis

This definitive guide to child abuse is updated and revised. The global problem of child abuse continues to confound those in the field of child protection. Along with information that has made the first two editions of "Child Abuse: Towards a Knowledge Base" bestsellers, this volume includes the most up-to-date research available from the United States, Britain, and the European Union to aid professionals in the struggle to protect children from abuse. Stressing the need to view the problem in historical, social, and political contexts, it provides key practice guidelines and initiatives to keep you on the cutting edge in the field.You'll find a full account of developments in the field since the early 1990s, including: emerging concerns about the extent and nature of institutional abuse; trends toward more preventive approaches to child protection; new research on the consequences of child abuse; recent findings concerning the Internet; and, important changes in legislation worldwide. '...a well written, comprehensive and informative book' - "Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare".

Edition details

• Publisher: Open University Press
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 033521763X
• ISBN 13: 9780335217632
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 312