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Child abuse: today's issues

By McCabe , Kimberly A.; Murphy , Daniel G

Book information

Publisher
CRC Press
Year
2017
ISBN
978-1-4987-8041-4, 1498780415, 9781315401300, 1315401304
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2570193 bytes)
Pages
216\211
Time added
2017-01-21 08:00:00
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Description

The purpose of this book is to attempt to explore child abuse from a contemporary perspective in terms of its multiple elements, victims, and criminal justice responses. This text will: (1) begin to address the needs of those studying child abuse from a cultural perspective; (2) provide a general profile of today’s perpetrators of child abuse as well as conditions that may facilitate the abuse; (3) provide information on current modes of child abuse; (4) provide discussions on long-term consequences for adult victims of child abuse; and, (5) provide details in terms of criminal justice responses to child abuse in the United States and internationally.

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