num_pages: 324
description: This book contains a comprehensive review of the current state of child neglect. Included are statistics regarding incidence and lethality, definitional issues, etiological theory, history of and current policy, and current interventions. As child neglect is often linked with structural issues, the book also examines the relationship of child neglect to poverty, substance abuse and culture.
language: English
title: Children of Neglect
titlecomplete: Children of Neglect
ratings_count: 4
publisher: Routledge