NCJ Number
32208
Editor(s)
R E HELFER,
C H KEMPE
Date Published
1974
Length
276 pages
Annotation
COLLECTION OF EIGHT ARTICLES ON THE HISTORY AND MEDICAL, PSYCHIATRIC, SOCIAL, AND LEGAL ASPECTS OF CHILD ABUSE AID INFANTICIDE.
Abstract
A STUDY OF TYPICAL CASES, THIS BOOK EMPHASIZES THE STATED AND IMPLIED MOTIVATIONS OF THE PARENTS, GUARDIANS, ETC., WHO BEAT THE CHILDREN. THE SPECIFIC TOPICS COVERED ARE AS FOLLOWS: HISTORY OF CHILD ABUSE AND INFANTICIDE, THE RESPONSIBILITY AND ROLE OF THE PHYSICIAN, RADIOLOGIC ASPECTS OF THE BATTERED CHILD SYNDROME, THE PATHOLOGY OF CHILD ABUSE, A PSYCHIATRIC STUDY OF PARENTS WHO ABUSE INFANTS AND SMALL CHILDREN, THE ROLE OF THE SOCIAL WORKER, THE LAW AND ABUSED CHILDREN, AND THE ROLE OF THE LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THE APPENDIX CONTAINS A SUMMARY OF SELECTED NEGLECT AND TRAUMATIC CASES, A STATE-BY-STATE SUMMARY OF CHILD ABUSE REPORTING LAWS AS OF 1973, AND A COPY OF THE APRIL 1972 REPORT OF THE NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY SELECT COMMITTEE ON CHILD ABUSE. (FOR THE FIRST EDITION, SEE NCJ-1871).