Early Prediction and Prevention of Child Abuse: A Handbook (Wiley Series in Child Care & Protection) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471491225 ISBN 13: 9780471491224

Publisher: Wiley, 2002

Synopsis

This comprehensive handbook is a thoroughly up-to-date referencefor all those involved in child protection work and is based on thehighly successful Early Prediction and Prevention of Child Abusefirst published in 1988.

With a focus on evidence based practice, the handbook has foursections: Prevalence and Prediction; Primary and SecondaryPrevention; Helping Victims and Helping Offenders.

The contributors have been selected from both practitioner andresearch backgrounds and all are experts in their fields. Asessential purchase for professionals in any work related to childprotection and to students and trainees in a range of disciplinesincluding social work; psychiatry; psychology; paediatrics; nursingand health.


* An updated and expanded edition of Early Prevention of ChildAbuse, which is considered a key text in the field
* Highly qualified and respected contributors
* Contains information on offenders as well as victims, thusoffering an important new dimension

About this title

About the Author

Kevin D. Browne, Ph.D., M.Ed., M.Sc., C.Psychol., C.Biol., is Professor of Forensic Psychology and Child Health and Director of Education in the Institute of Work, Health and Organisations at the University of Nottingham.

Helga Hanks is the editor of Early Prediction and Prevention of Child Abuse: A Handbook, published by Wiley.

Peter Stratton is the editor of Early Prediction and Prevention of Child Abuse: A Handbook, published by Wiley.

Catherine Hamilton-Giachritsis is the editor of Early Prediction and Prevention of Child Abuse: A Handbook, published by Wiley.

From the Back Cover

This new, ground-breaking handbook presents the most recent approaches to the prediction and prevention of child abuse and neglect, being a thorough update of the successful original volume. The book helps identify which families are most at risk of abusing their children and what immediate action needs to be taken in the best interests of the child. It also considers the types of intervention that are necessary to prevent child abuse and neglect occurring and the advances made in the assessment and treatment of both victims and offenders.

Early Prediction and Prevention of Child Abuse: A Handbook brings together an international field of experts from a range of disciplines whose contributions are arranged in four sections. The first section looks at the prevalence of child maltreatment and how different forms of abuse can be predicted, the second section examines what is needed for successful primary and secondary prevention, with the last two sections reviewing effective ways of helping children and families, and treating offenders, respectively. The book concludes by considering those sections of society that have identifiable needs but may be outside and/or excluded from routine interventions.

This timely volume is vital for professionals, practitioners, policy-makers and managers dealing with child protection from both an offender and victim perspective. It is also an essential resource for students in social care, social work, criminology, psychology, psychiatry, law, paediatrics, nursing, community health, police, probation and social policy.

Early Prediction and Prevention of Child Abuse: A Handbook brings together an international field of experts from a range of disciplines whose contributions are arranged in four sections. The first section looks at the prevalence of child maltreatment and how different forms of abuse can be predicted, the second section examines what is needed for successful primary and secondary prevention, with the last two sections reviewing effective ways of helping children and families, and treating offenders, respectively. The book concludes by considering those sections of society that have identifiable needs but may be outside and/or excluded from routine interventions.

This timely volume is vital for professionals, practitioners, policy-makers and managers dealing with child protection from both an offender and victim perspective. It is also an essential resource for students in social care, social work, criminology, psychology, psychiatry, law, paediatrics, nursing, community health, police, probation and social policy.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471491225
• ISBN 13: 9780471491224
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 402
• Editor: Browne Kevin D., Hanks Helga, Stratton Peter, Hamilton-Giachritsis Catherine