num_pages: 117
description: This book provides a foundation for the study of child abuse to include physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, and neglect. This book describes physical and behavioral indicators of abuse, theoretical explanations of child abuse, the characteristics of abusers, and responses to child abuse by the criminal justice system.
language: English
title: Child Abuse and the Criminal Justice System
titlecomplete: Child Abuse and the Criminal Justice System (Studies in Crime and Punishment)
publisher: Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers