In the past decade the relationship between communities, children and families has inspired a wealth of research and policy initiatives because of a growing belief that the breakdown of families and communities is a significant factor in social problems, including child abuse and juvenile crime. The latest policy initiatives to tackle social problems have therefore targeted communities as well as high risk families. This title amalgamates the latest research on the relationship between children, families and communities and explores policy and practice implications. Material for practitioners and community development workers is also be included. The book is divided in to three parts: 1) theory 2) the effect of community on children, parents and families 3) interventions and policy implications.

Children and Families in Communities: Theory, Research, Policy and Practice

Jill E. Korbin

Margaret O'Brien

Jacqueline Barnes

Ilan Barry Katz

wiley

Looks at child abuse, child rearing traditions, infanticide, and social attitudes towards children in New Guinea, Africa, South America, India, Turkey, Japan, Taiwan, and China

Child abuse and neglect: Cross-cultural perspectives

University of California Press

This Handbook examines core questions still remaining in the field of child maltreatment. It addresses major challenges in child maltreatment work, starting with the question of what child abuse and neglect is exactly. It then goes on to examine why maltreatment occurs and what its consequences are. Next, it turns to prevention, treatment and intervention, as well as legal perspectives. The book studies the issue from the perspective of the broader international and cross-cultural human experience. Its aim is to review what is known, but even more importantly, to examine what remains to be known to make progress in helping abused children, their families, and their communities.

Handbook of Child Maltreatment (Child Maltreatment, 2)

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Springer, Verlag

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