Child abuse /

Check, William A.

Child abuse / [electronic resource] William A. Check ; introduction by C. Everett Koop. - New York : Chelsea House, c1989. - 104 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - The Encyclopedia of health. Psychological disorders and their treatment .

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 95-97.

Defining child abuse -- Historical and cultural perspectives -- Child sexual abuse -- Banishing illusions -- The detection of child abuse -- Who will protect the children? -- The abused child and the courts -- Preventing child abuse.

Discusses the forms of child abuse, its historical and cultural context, and society's methods of dealing with it.

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Child abuse--United States--Juvenile literature.
Abused children--Services for--United States--Juvenile literature.
Child abuse.
Child Abuse.
Violence envers les enfants--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.--États-Unis
Enfants maltraités, Services aux--Ouvrages pour la jeunesse.--États-Unis

HV6626.5 / .C47 1989

362.7/044