Child Maltreatment Fatalities in the United States : Four Decades of Policy, Program, and Professional Responses

• Main Author: Douglas, Emily M. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Maternal and child health services.; Social work.; Child psychology.; School psychology.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9789401775830
• DOI: 10.1007/978-94-017-7583-0
• Physical Description: XV, 169 p. 11 illus. online resource.

This book focuses on the prevention of child abuse and neglect deaths in the U.S. In 2013 1,520 children died from maltreatment. This book defines child maltreatment fatalities (CMFs) and discusses the prevalence of deaths in the U.S. over the last several decades. It addresses the known risk factor...