Childhood denied
Subtitle: ending the nightmare of child abuse and neglect
By: Kathleen Kelley Reardon, Christopher T. Noblet.
Contributors: Noblet, Christopher T.
Publisher: Sage Publications
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Thousand Oaks
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781412939768; 9781412939775
Subjects: Child abuse -- United States; Child abuse -- Government policy -- United States; Abused children -- Government policy -- United States; Child abuse -- United States -- Prevention
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Keepers of the plan; title: The best interests of the child; title: Lost in the system: confidentiality and secrecy; title: A brief history of child custody issues related to abuse and neglect; title: Silenced by the law: an even more modest proposal; title: Foster care today; title: Caseworker and police challenges: who you gonna call?; title: The politics of child abuse and neglect.