This book provides the first comprehensive international coverage of key issues in mandatory reporting of child abuse and neglect. The book draws on a collectio

Each year, child protective services receive reports of child abuse and neglect involving six million children, and many more go unreported. The long-term human

This book provides the first comprehensive international coverage of key issues in mandatory reporting of child abuse and neglect. The book draws on a collectio

Comprehensive history of the Children’s Bureau from 1912-2012 in eBook form that shares the legacy of this landmark agency that established the first Federal

This volume provides an overview of the research describing the effects of child maltreatment on mental health, cognitive and social-emotional development. It o