Child Maltreatment
Subtitle: Theory and Research on the Causes and Consequences of Child Abuse and Neglect
Contributors: Dante Cicchetti (Editor); Vicki Carlson (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: June 30, 1989
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 816
ISBN-13: 9780521364553
Subjects: Child Abuse; Medical / Pediatrics; Psychology; Services For Abused Children
First sentence: To begin a book such as this with a chapter on defining child maltreatment is at once an indication that the definition of the very subject of the book is problematic and that these problems can be resolved.