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Author Costin, Lela B.

Title The politics of child abuse in America / Lela B. Costin, Howard Jacob Karger, David Stoesz.

Publication Info. New York : Oxford University Press, 1997.
1996.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  362.768 C842P    Check Shelf
Description xi, 194 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series Child welfare
Child welfare (Oxford University Press)
Note Originally published: 1996.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The cultural landscape of child abuse in the United States -- Child abuse as a social problem: the emergence of the child savers -- The decline and rediscovery of child abuse, 1920-1960 -- From the "battered child" syndrome to the "battered psyche" syndrome: rediscovering child abuse in the 1960s and beyond -- The breakdown of the child abuse system -- Restructuring child abuse services: the children's authority.
Subject Abused children -- Services for -- United States -- History.
Child abuse -- United States -- Prevention -- History.
Social work with children -- United States -- History.
Added Author Karger, Howard Jacob, 1948-
Stoesz, David.
ISBN 0195116682 paperback
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