The Victimization of Children
Title | The Victimization of Children PDF eBook |
Author | Janet L. Mullings |
Publisher | Psychology Press |
Total Pages | 358 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN | 0789024063 |
This book provides insights into such contemporary issues as victimization of children via the Internet, short- and long-term effects of terrorism on children, and applying new technologies to understanding spatial distribution of child abuse.
Childhood Victimization
Title | Childhood Victimization PDF eBook |
Author | David Finkelhor |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | 243 |
Release | 2008-03-10 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN | 0195342852 |
David Finkelhor presents a comprehensive vision to encompass the prevention, treatment and study of juvenile victims, unifying conventional subdivisions like child molestation, child abuse, bullying and exposure to community violence.
The Victimization of Children
Title | The Victimization of Children PDF eBook |
Author | Janet Mullings |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 358 |
Release | 2012-11-12 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN | 1136421637 |
Explore current social developments, issues, and controversies concerning young victims! The Victimization of Children: Emerging Issues keeps students and practitioners working with young victims on the cutting edge of the latest research developments regarding crimes against children. Leading experts from the legal, medical, and sociological communities explore some of the most urgent issues involving child victims. Researchers and practitioners in victim services, social work, mental health, public health, and criminal justice will all benefit from this useful resource. While numerous books have been written on the topic of child abuse and neglect, few delve into the more contemporary issues and problems. The Victimization of Children fills a large void in the literature by offering advanced discussions of today’s most relevant topics, making this book an in-depth supplement to generic textbooks. Forward-thinking and thought-provoking, this timely resource provides sound research to expand your knowledge base. This book provides insights into such contemporary issues as: the victimization of youths on the Internet children as victims of war and terrorism spatial patterns of child maltreatment—the concentration of child maltreatment within certain geographical areas religion-related child abuse the role of health care professionals in response to child victimization children with disabilities—abuse, neglect, and the child welfare system fetal homicide—emerging statutory and judicial regulation of third-party assaults legal and social issues surrounding closed-circuit television testimony of child victims and witnesses juvenile courts and their role in addressing family violence The Victimization of Children provides tables, figures, and the latest statistics of various aspects of child victimization to complement the experts’ contributions. This book offers new and different responses and interventions to meet the increasingly diverse contexts and situations within which child maltreatment occurs. Emerging trends are explored within this book from a cross-section of disciplines, including law, sociology, criminal justice, psychology, and health services.
Child Victims and Restorative Justice
Title | Child Victims and Restorative Justice PDF eBook |
Author | Tali Gal |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | 251 |
Release | 2011-07-11 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0199876827 |
With its unique human-rights perspective on the study of childhood victimization and an innovative, child-inclusive restorative justice model, this book promises to be a touchstone for practitioners, policymakers, and researchers concerned with children's well-being in the aftermath of crime and violence.
Children's Exposure to Violence
Title | Children's Exposure to Violence PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | DIANE Publishing |
Total Pages | 12 |
Release | 2009 |
Genre | Children and violence |
ISBN | 1437942067 |
Sexually Victimized Children
Title | Sexually Victimized Children PDF eBook |
Author | David Finkelhor |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | 248 |
Release | 2010-05-11 |
Genre | Psychology |
ISBN | 1439119031 |
Based on a large-scale survey and in light of demographic and cultural factors, the author examines why children are sexually victimized, the sources of trauma, differences between reported and unreported cases of assault, and possible increases in sexual victimization.
Multiple Victimization of Children
Title | Multiple Victimization of Children PDF eBook |
Author | B. B. Robbie Rossman |
Publisher | Routledge |
Total Pages | 380 |
Release | 1998 |
Genre | Family & Relationships |
ISBN |
Seventeen contributions examine the conditions of interactions of physical, psychical, and sexual maltreatment in children, as well as their conceptual and treatment implications. The papers include conceptual models from child development, stress, and trauma perspectives, as well as a combination of views from both theoreticians and practitioners. Also published as Journals of Aggression, Maltreatment and Trauma, v.2, no.1(#3), 1998. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR