The APSAC Handbook on Child Maltreatment

Download or read book The APSAC Handbook on Child Maltreatment written by John E. B. Myers and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 2001-11-12 with total page 602 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A resource of unparalleled thoroughness, The APSAC Handbook on Child Maltreatment, Second Edition provides critical information for those who dedicate their working lives to alleviating the causes and consequences of child abuse and neglect. Written in engaging but straightforward language and committed to immediate application, this comprehensive handbook covers physical and sexual abuse, all forms of neglect, and psychological maltreatment. Experts in a variety of specialized areas have designed each chapter to inform professionals in mental health, law, medicine, law enforcement, and child protective services of the most current empirical research and literature available as well as strategies for intervention and prevention.