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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Schwartz, Lita Linzer (Author)
Corporate Author: Taylor & Francis
Other Authors: Isser, Natalie
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Boca Raton, Fla. : CRC Press, 2012.
Edition:2nd ed.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Children : an endangered species throughout history
  • Neonaticide in theory and in history : who are the perpetrators?
  • Motives for abuse
  • Neonaticide and its alternatives
  • Neonaticide and the law
  • In transition: from one form of child abuse to another
  • Postpartum depression disorders
  • Infanticide, filicide, and other abuses
  • The law and crimes against children
  • Choice and reproduction : arguments
  • Child abuse : preventive measures
  • Concluding thoughts and recommendations
  • References
  • Index.