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Title:

Combatting child abuse : international perspectives and trends / edited by Neil Gilbert.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

1997

Description:

xii, 255 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Child abuse--Cross-cultural studies.--Cross-cultural studies.
Abused children--Cross-cultural studies.--Cross-cultural studies.
Child abuse--Cross-cultural studies.--Cross-cultural studies.

Other Authors:

Gilbert, Neil, 1940-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

I. Child protective orientation. -- United States: California's reporting system -- Canada: Trends and issues in child welfare -- England: Child abuse reports, responses, and reforms. -- II. Family service orientation--mandatory reporting. -- Sweden: Towards a deresidualization of Swedish child welfare policy and practice? -- Denmark: Voluntary placements as a family support -- Finalnd: Child abuse as a family problem. -- III. Family service orientation--nonmandatory reporting. -- Belgium: An alternative approach to child abuse reporting and treatment -- The Netherlands: Responding to abuse--compassion or control? -- Germany: A nonpunitive model -- Conclusion: A comparative perspective.

Series:

Child welfare

ISBN:

9780195100099
0195100093

OCLC:

(OCoLC)34515133

LCCN:

96016327

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

N3AX771 -- Drake Law School Library (Des Moines)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)