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.