Combatting Child Abuse
Subtitle: International Perspectives and Trends (Child Welfare (Oxford Univ Pr))
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; Oxford University Press
Published: March 10, 1997
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780195100099
First sentence: The maltreatment, misuse, and neglect of children are recognized as a serious social problem in the United States.
Description: Through a comparative study of the designs of child abuse reporting systems in nine countries including the United States, England, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, Finland, Germany, Belgium, and Sweden, Combatting Child Abuse sheds light on common problems and policy responses currently emerging in efforts to reduce child abuse.

By analyzing the philosophy, structure, and operation of these reporting systems and their outcomes, Neil Gilbert illuminates alternative perspectives on how the problem of child abuse is defined and introduces an expanded view of policy options designed to protect children.