Neglected Children: Research, Practice, and Policy / Edition 1

by Howard Dubowitz

Overview

Child neglect is the most common type of child maltreatment. Substantial evidence indicates that the morbidity and mortality associated with neglect are significant, with enormous costs to the children involved and to society. Yet there is no major text focused exclusively on child neglect.

Neglected Children presents a comprehensive and critical portrait of the phenomenon of neglect, based on theory, research and clinical practice experience. The editor and the contributing authors present a rich, interdisciplinary conceptualization with a broad view of neglect, moving far beyond the current child welfare focus on parental omissions in care. This broader view is essential to seriously addressing the complex and pervasive underpinnings of neglect.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780761918424
Publisher:	SAGE Publications
Publication date:	01/20/1999
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	328
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.74(d)

Table of Contents

Child Neglect - James Garbarino and Cyleste C Collins
The Family with a Hole in the Middle
Child Neglect - Susan J Zuravin
A Review of Definitions and Measurement Research
Child Neglect - Patricia Mc Kinsey Crittenden
Causes and Contributors
Cultural Competence and Child Neglect - Jill E Korbin and James C Spilsbury
Child Neglect - James M Gaudin Jr
Short-Term and Long-Term Outcomes
Neglect of Children's Health Care - Howard Dubowitz
Prenatal Alcohol and Drug Use and Risk for Child Maltreatment - Ira J Chasnoff and Lee Ann Lowder
A Timely Approach to Intervention
Fatal Child Neglect - Barbara L Bonner, Sheila M Crow and Mary Beth Logue
The Prevention of Child Neglect - Wayne Holden and Laura Nabors
Evaluation and Risk Assessment of Child Neglect in Public Child Protection Services - Diana J English
Intervening with Families when Children are Neglected - Diana De Panfilis
Are Battered Women Bad Mothers? Rethinking the Termination of Abused Women's Parental Rights for Failure to Protect - Thomas D Lyon
Child Neglect - Maureen M Black and Howard Dubowitz
Research Recommendations and Future Directions
Policy Issues in Child Neglect - Richard J Gelles

Editorial Reviews

Fourteen articles present an overview of neglect, the most common form of child abuse. Topics include causes and contributing factors; definitions and measurement research; cultural issues; short- and long-term outcomes; neglect of children's health care; prenatal alcohol and drug use; fatal neglect; prevention and intervention; evaluation and risk assessment; and the rights of battered women who fail to protect their children from abuse. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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