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Child Abuse and Neglect:
A Clinician's Handbook
by Christopher J. Hobbs, Helga G. I. Hanks, Jane M. Wynne
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Child Maltreatment and
Psychological Distress Among Urban Homeless Youth (Children of Poverty)
by Lisa Russell
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Children of Neglect
by ROWENA FONG
Review
"The Children of Neglect provides researchers, practitioners and policy
makers with a comprehensive overview of our collective failure to face the
devastating consequences chronic neglect has on a child's development. Although
more common and more harmful than child abuse, child neglect remains the least
frequently studied and the most poorly understood of all forms of maltreatment.
Drawing on over 400 references, Smith and Fong outline the strengths and
limitations of existing theoretical assumptions and practice reforms,
highlighting the unique role such issues as poverty, substance abuse and culture
play in confounding our efforts to do better.."
�Deborah Daro Ph.D., Research Fellow and Associate Professor, University of
Chicago and Former director of the National Center on Child Abuse Prevention
Research
"As Smith and Fong effectively argue, "doing better" will require more than
altering public child welfare services or expanding the range of supportive
services. It will require recognition of our shared responsibility to nurture
and support all children at a level we know is needed to insure their healthy
and safe development.."
�Deborah Daro Ph.D., Research Fellow and Associate Professor, University of
Chicago and Former director of the National Center on Child Abuse Prevention
Research
Book Description
Child neglect is at least as risky for children as child abuse. Less is
known about child neglect than child abuse and interventions are often less
effective. This book contains a comprehensive review of the current state of
child neglect. Included are statistics regarding incidence and lethality,
definitional issues, etiological theory, history of and current policy, and
current interventions. As child neglect is often linked with structural issues,
the book also examines the relationship of child neglect to poverty, substance
abuse and culture.
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Vulnerable Children: Findings
from Canada's National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth
by Canada Human Resources Development Canada Applied Research Branch
Book Review
Capably edited by J. Douglas Willms (Director of the Canadian Research
Institute for Social Policy), Vulnerable Children: Findings From Canada's
National Longitudinal Survey Of Children And Youth is a compilation and
comprehensive analysis of findings from a seminal, scholarly, and ground
breaking research project. A variety of essays by a series of learned authors
cogently address such topics as socioeconomic gradients for childhood
vulnerability, the effect maternal depression has on childhood vulnerability,
the roles of peer groups in pre-adolescent behavior, and much, much more. Packed
with research findings, educational discourse, conclusions, recommendations, and
warnings for the future, Vulnerable Children is highly recommended reading for
governmental policy makers, teachers, social workers, counselors, and anyone
else who regularly works with young people. Midwest Book Review
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Damaged Parents : An Anatomy
of Child Neglect
by Norman A. Polansky, Mary Ann Chalmers, Elizabeth Werthan Buttenwieser, David
P. Williams
Book Description
"Most of us are unaware of child neglect even when we are witnessing it. . .
. Neglect is a matter of things undone, of inaction compounded by indifference.
Since it goes on at home, it is a very private sin. . . . It is little wonder
that most of the public is unaware of poor child caring. Its ignorance is even
greater as to how widespread the problem is. But this is not a blissful
ignorance. The public may not want to attend to child neglect, but it lives with
the distortions of human personality that are left in its wake."--from chapter 1
of Damaged Parents
"Norman Polansky and his colleagues have produced a truly remarkable book. . . .
One of the consequences of [the] relative invisibility of child neglect is that
we also know less about it. But this book will help to correct that for it
contains reports of findings from two systematic efforts to define, measure,
classify, and understand child neglect."--Thomas M. Young, Social Service Review
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The Price of Neglect
by A. W. Tozer
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Understanding Child Abuse and
Neglect
by Cynthia Crosson-Tower
Review
This best-selling text offers a comprehensive look at child maltreatment,
incorporating history, case vignettes, and the author's own experience as a
child protection worker.
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More emphasis on abuse by clergy, particularly the recent
crisis in the Roman Catholic Church.
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Current research and new material update sections relating to
reporting laws and using multidisciplinary teams for intervention and
treatment.
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Expanded material on ritualistic abuse, children witnessing
domestic violence, and adolescent sex offenders.
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Real-life case vignettes throughout the book introduces
students to real people with real needs.
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Child Abuse and Neglect: Multidisciplinary
Approaches
by Mark A. Winton, Barbara A. Mara
Book Description
This book offers a clear and concise summary of the current issues in the
child abuse and neglect field. Examining the major theories used to explain
child abuse and neglect, this book explores cultural diversity issues,
definitions of abuse, maltreatment, and neglect. Also considered are the social
and psychological factors related to abuse, treatment issues, describes
prevention and policy issues, and explores various professional roles. For
anyone interested in social work.
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Starting Right : How America Neglects Its Youngest Children and What We Can Do
About It
by Sheila B. Kamerman, Alfred J. Kahn
Review
The youngest Americans, the under-threes, are the focus of this study by two
professors at the Columbia University School of Social Work. Inadequate
attention to these children's development, according to the authors, is
reflected in shocking statistics of babies dying before their first birthdays,
of immunizations going unperformed and of families living below the poverty
line. They depict the United States as lagging behind other industrial nations
in the provision of family support that allows children to "start right." They
cite strategies of child care and family support in effect in several western
European countries and note that "The United States is unique in its failure to
offer even the most modest of packages" for enhancing preschool readiness and
child welfare. Bolstered by research and prescriptions that include cost
analysis, this presentation is a good resource for U.S. family policymakers.
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Child
Abuse and Neglect : Attachment, Development and Intervention
by David Howe
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