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

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...

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Main Author: Douglas, Emily M. (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
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ISBN: 9789401775830
Physical Description: XV, 169 p. 11 illus. online resource.

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