Child protection in America [electronic resource] : past, present, and future / John E.B. Myers.
Material type: TextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006Description: viii, 306 p. : illSubject(s): Child welfare -- United States | Child welfare -- United States -- History | Child abuse -- United States -- Prevention | Child abuse -- Law and legislation -- United States | Children -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United StatesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 362.760973 LOC classification: HV741 | .M928 2006Online resources: Click to ViewIncludes bibliographical references (p. [229]-300) and index.
Child protection from the colonial period to 1875 -- Societies for the prevention of cruelty to children -- Child protection from 1900 to 1962 -- Child protection from 1962 to the present -- Child sexual abuse -- Causes of child abuse and neglect -- Reducing abuse and neglect -- Improving the child protection system.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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