Quick reference to child and adolescent forensics
Subtitle: a guide for nurses and other health care professionals
By: Mary E. Muscari, Kathleen M. Brown.
Contributors: Brown, Kathleen M., 1950-
Publisher: Springer Pub.
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780826124173
Subjects: Medical jurisprudence; Nurses; Forensic Medicine -- methods; Adolescent; Child Abuse; Child; Crime Victims; Juvenile Delinquency; Violence
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The effects of violence exposure on children; title: Cultural aspects of forensic pediatrics; title: Forensic assessment and documentation; title: Principles of evidence; title: Navigating the juvenile justice system; title: Expert witness testimony; title: Professional stress and burnout; title: Child abuse; title: Shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trauma; title: Munchausen syndrome by proxy; title: Sexual abuse; title: Sexual exploitation; title: Child abductions; title: Psychological effects of victimization; title: Children of incarcerated parents; title: Juvenile delinquency; title: Child delinquents; title: Female delinquents; title: Bullying; title: School violence; title: Juvenile animal cruelty; title: Juvenile firesetting; title: Gangs; title: Juvenile sex offenders; title: Dating violence; title: Medicolegal child death investigation; title: Sudden unexpected infant death; title: Filicide; title: Child and adolescent suicide; title: Asphyxial "games"; title: Homicide survivors.