Child protection in America
Subtitle: past, present, and future
By: John E.B. Myers.
Publisher: Oxford University Press; Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
Subjects: Child welfare -- United States; Child welfare -- United States -- History; Child abuse -- United States -- Prevention; Child abuse -- Law and legislation -- United States; Children -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States
Description: "This sweeping account analyzes the theory and policies that have shaped today's child protection system.

This book will challenge all those concerned with children's welfare to move toward real solutions that will make life better for America's most vulnerable children."--Jacket.
Table of contents: title: Child protection from the colonial period to 1875; title: Societies for the prevention of cruelty to children; title: Child protection from 1900 to 1962; title: Child protection from 1962 to the present; title: Child sexual abuse; title: Causes of child abuse and neglect; title: Reducing abuse and neglect; title: Improving the child protection system.