You are not signed in. Sign in.

List Books: Buy books on ListBooks.org

Physical and Emotional Abuse and Neglect, Vol. 1 »

Book cover image of Physical and Emotional Abuse and Neglect, Vol. 1 by B. Finkelman

Authors: B. Finkelman, Byrgen Finkelman
ISBN-13: 9780815318132, ISBN-10: 0815318138
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Taylor & Francis, Inc.
Date Published: March 1995
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Find Best Prices for This Book »

Author Biography: B. Finkelman

Book Synopsis

Table of Contents

Series Introduction
Volume Introduction
Further Reading
Child Abuse Reporting Laws: The Shape of the Legislation1
Reporting Child Abuse51
Towards a More Practical Central Registry55
The Battered Child Syndrome76
Child Abuse - The Battered Child Syndrome - Liability Arising From Reporting Laws - Landeros v. Flood, 50 Cal. App. 3d 189, 123 Cal. Rptr. 713 (1975)86
Putting Central Registers to Work97
A Glance at the Past, A Gaze at the Present, A Glimpse at the Future: A Critical Analysis of the Development of Child Abuse Reporting Statutes103
The Helping Hand Strikes Again: Unintended Consequences of Child Abuse Reporting149
Conflict of Interest Between Therapist-Patient Confidentiality and the Duty to Report Sexual Abuse of Children155
Effects of Statutes Requiring Psychiatrists to Report Suspected Sexual Abuse of Children169
Teachers' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs About Child Abuse and its Prevention175
The Effects of Statutory Requirements on Child Maltreatment Reporting: A Comparison of Two State Laws186
The Identification and Reporting of Physical Abuse by Physicians: A Review and Implications for Research199
Suggested Guidelines for Child Abuse Laws215
Standards Relating to Abuse and Neglect221
"Family Autonomy" or "Coercive Intervention"? Ambiguity and Conflict in the Proposed Standards for Child Abuse and Neglect228
Accountability in the Child Protection System: A Defense of the Proposed Standards Relating to Abuse and Neglect265
"Doing Something" About Child Abuse: The Need to Narrow the Grounds for State Intervention291
Fatal Child Abuse: A Two-Decade Review342
Murder by Child Abuse347
The "Shame" of Michigan's Child Abuse Law: A Call for Legislative Action360
The Guilty Bystander: Leet v. State369
Acknowledgments401
Series Index by Author405

Subjects