Endangered children : homicide and other crimes /
From infancy onward, children are in danger from many sources, including parental and sibling abuse, drug abuse and mental illness in the home, parental neglect, and poverty. Removing an at-risk child from a troubled environment brings on a host of new concerns and is not always a panacea. Endangere...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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Boca Raton, Fla. :
CRC Press,
2012.
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | From infancy onward, children are in danger from many sources, including parental and sibling abuse, drug abuse and mental illness in the home, parental neglect, and poverty. Removing an at-risk child from a troubled environment brings on a host of new concerns and is not always a panacea. Endangered Children: Homicide, and Other Crimes, Second Edition focuses on the myriad threats facing children and provides insight into possible solutions.Beginning with a history of child abuse, the book explores this phenomenon as presented in literature and in other cultu. |
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| Item Description: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (571 p.) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1466516771 9781466516779 0429251637 9780429251634 1280122803 9781280122804 9786613526663 6613526665 1439876282 9781439876282 |