Child Abuse and the Social Environment

Access, Health, and Wealth

The Impact of the National Health Service Corps in Rural America, 1970-2000

George E. Fryer, Jessica L. McCann, Martey S. DoDoo, Larry A. Green, Thomas Miyoshi, Robert L. Phillips, The Robert Graham Center: Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care

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The Role of Social Stressors in the Etiology of Child Maltreatment

George E. Fryer

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Trauma and Recovery

The Aftermath of Violence--From Domestic Abuse to Political Terror

Judith Lewis Herman

Examines how people adapt to traumatic events such as rape, domestic violence, terrorism, and combat, discusses the healing process, and provides a framework for treatment.

Choice Theory

A New Psychology of Personal Freedom

William Glasser, M.D.

Dr. William Glasser offers a new psychology that, if practiced, could reverse our widespread inability to get along with one another, an inability that is the source of almost all unhappiness. For progress in human relationships, he explains that we must give up the punishing, relationship–destroying external control psychology. For example, if you are in an unhappy relationship right now, he proposes that one or both of you could be using external control psychology on the other. He goes further. And suggests that misery is always related to a current unsatisfying relationship. Contrary to what you may believe, your troubles are always now, never in the past. No one can change what happened yesterday.

A Child Called It

One Child's Courage to Survive

David J. Pelzer, Dave Pelzer

An inspirational story; one child's courage to survive.

The History of Childhood

Lloyd deMause

A survey of childhood that reveals startling views of life in Europe and America during the past 2000 years. This book documents the lives of former children who were abused. It places child abuse today into the context of what was routinely inflicted upon

Sexual Abuse of Children

A Human Rights Perspective

Roger J. R. Levesque

This book considers how human rights law can help define what could and should be done to protect children from sexual maltreatment. The volume explores diverse forms of sexual maltreatment, compares societal responses to existing research and policies, uncovers basic themes, and proposes directions for future action. Roger Levesque places particular emphasis on the ways abusive activities in different countries and societies are linked with one another and the way diverse societal views of children place them at risk.

Understanding Child Maltreatment

An Ecological and Developmental Perspective

Maria Scannapieco, Kelli Connell-Carrick

This volume examines the impact of child maltreatment at each stage of a child's development, including infancy, early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence. This book proposes assessment and intervention strategies based on a deep understanding of each stage of a child's development.

The Social Context of Child Abuse and Neglect

Leroy H. Pelton

Combines psychological, social, economic, environmental, and familial perspectives to examine the causes and characteristics of child abuse and to offer some strategies for protective intervention.

Children and Families in the Social Environment

Modern Applications of Social Work

James Garbarino

The first edition of this volume successfully applied Bronfenbrenner's "micro-systems" taxonomy to childrearing and family life. Emphasizing how forces in the environment influence children's behavior, Garbarino has staked out an intermediate position between the psychoanalytic and the systems approach to human development. Taking cognizance of new research and of changes in American society, Garbarino has once again carefully analyzed the importance of children's social relationships. For this wholly revised second edition, he has incorporated a greater emphasis on ethnic, cultural, and racial issues.

Critical Issues in Child Sexual Abuse

Historical, Legal, and Psychological Perspectives

Jon R. Conte

The chapters in this book are intended to describe what is known and what is not known in several specific areas of childhood abuse. The opening interview with Roland Summit gives readers an opportunity to get acquainted with a pioneer in the field. An instrumental force in the study of child sexual abuse, Summit has indelibly impacted the work of the remaining authors and the field in general. The interview provides a personal and historical view of the development of the field and identifies problems and issues all professionals should be prepared to deal with. A beginning chapter looks at the development of child sexual abuse research. Internationally recognized scholars, practitioners, and thinkers who have based their contributions on both research and practice experience emphasize the most critical unknowns in his or her area, reflecting on the subject much as Dr. Summit might have in the early days of finding out the now "knowns." Chapters focus on sexual offenders, children′s memory, adult memory for trauma, children as victims, treatment challenges of traumatized victims, victims in court, and treatment of dissociate identity clients.

Understanding Child Maltreatment

An Ecological and Developmental Perspective

Maria Scannapieco, Kelli Connell-Carrick

This volume examines the impact of child maltreatment at each stage of a child's development, including infancy, early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence. This book proposes assessment and intervention strategies based on a deep understanding of each stage of a child's development.

Raising Children in a Socially Toxic Environment

James Garbarino

Violence . . . drugs . . . poverty . . . abusive families . . . custody battles. Author James Garbarino, whose 30-year career has focused on the effects of violence and abuse on child development, draws attention to these dangers and explains how to strengthen children, families, and communities to help protect children against toxic influences.

Children and the Dark Side of Human Experience

Confronting Global Realities and Rethinking Child Development

James Garbarino

Synthesizing insights from psychology and philosophy with his own wide-ranging experiences around the world, Dr. James Garbarino takes readers on a personalized journey into the dark side of human experience as it is lived by children. In these highly readable pages, he intertwines a discussion of children’s material and spiritual needs with a detailed examination of the clinical knowledge and experiential wisdom required to understand and meet complex developmental needs. Fusing anecdotal observations, empirical evidence, and an ecological perspective, this book is for anyone who takes an interest in the well-being and future of the world’s children.