| Description |
x, 334 pages ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Foundations of human behavior |
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Foundations of human behavior.
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| Contents |
What to learn from cross-cultural and historical research on child abuse and neglect: an overview / Richard J. Gelles -- Child maltreatment in cross-cultural perspective: vulnerable children and circumstances / Jill E. Korbin -- Neglect, abuse, and avoidable death: parental investment and the mortality of infants and children in the European tradition / S.R. Johansson -- Sex-biased parental investment among primates and other mammals: a critical evaluation of the Trivers-Willard hypothesis / Sarah Blaffer Hrdy -- Child abuse: a comparative psychobiological perspective / Martin Reite and John P. Capitanio -- External and internal influences on aggression in captive group-living monkeys / Euclid O. Smith and Larry D. Byrd -- Children as homicide victims / Martin Daly and Margo Wilson -- Risk of maltreatment of children living with stepparents / Margo Wilson and Martin Daly -- Time, place, and parental awareness: a cognitive-developmental perspective on family adaptation and parental care / Carolyn Moore Newberger -- Intergenerational continuity of abuse / Byron Egeland, Deborah Jacobvitz, and Kathleen Papatola -- The Sequelae of child maltreatment / Dante Cicchetti [and others] -- The Consequences of child maltreatment: biosocial and ecological issues / James Garbarino. |
| Note |
"... program of the Committee on Biosocial Perspectives on Parent Behaviour and Offspring Development..."--P. vii. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index. |
| Subject |
Child abuse.
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Child abuse -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Parenting -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Child Abuse.
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| Added Author |
Gelles, Richard J.
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Lancaster, Jane Beckman, 1935-
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Social Science Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Biosocial Perspectives on Parent Behavior and Offspring Development.
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| ISBN |
0202303330 |
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0202303349 (paperback) |
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