Child Abuse and Neglect: Research and Innovation

Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Child Abuse and the Criminal Justice System....Pages 1-16
Independent Representation for Children in Neglect and Child Abuse Proceedings....Pages 17-25
Interaction Between the State, the Child and the Family....Pages 27-38
Hospital Based Child Abuse Teams....Pages 39-47
Organizing a Human Services Network for Primary and Secondary Prevention of the Emotional and Physical Neglect and Abuse of Children....Pages 49-73
The Importance of Early Intervention for the Prevention of Child Abuse: The Italian Experience....Pages 75-81
Life Events and Child Abuse: A Controlled Study....Pages 83-91
A Follow-up Study of Abused Children and Their Families....Pages 93-104
A Therapeutic Community: A way of Treating the Results of Child Abuse....Pages 105-124
The Management of a Young Child Following Sexual Abuse....Pages 125-133
Child Abuse in Turkey....Pages 135-149
Status of Child Protective Services in the United States: An Analysis of Issues and Practice....Pages 151-166
The Prevention of Child Abuse: What Do We Know about What Works....Pages 167-193
The Treatment of Child Abuse: What Do We Know about What Works....Pages 195-209
Competency of Abused Children in a Residential Treatment Program....Pages 211-234
Treatment of Abused Children in Residential Settings....Pages 235-256
Reuniting abused Children with their Parents: Procedures and Results at Children’s Village, U.S.A.....Pages 257-268
Children’s Village, U.S.A.: Child Consumer Survey....Pages 269-283
Predicting and Preventing Child Abuse — The Role of the Child Psychiatrist: A Preliminary Report....Pages 285-287
Research and Action in Child Abuse and Neglect in Belgium....Pages 289-293
Research/Action in the Field of Child Abuse and Neglect in Belgium: The Pilot Project of the University of Antwerp....Pages 295-303
The Dutch approach to Child Abuse....Pages 305-332
Back Matter....Pages 333-340