Child Maltreatment and the Law Returning to First Principles /

• Main Author: Levesque, Roger J. R. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2008.
• Subjects: Psychology.; Education.; Law.; Criminology.; Social work.; Child psychology.; School psychology.; Child and School Psychology.; Law and Psychology.; Law, general.; Criminology & Criminal Justice.; Social Work.; Education, general.

Dramatic cases of child abuse and neglect are featured with tragic regularity in the news. The stories vividly demonstrate both the urgent need for improved child protection services and the unwieldiness and ineffectiveness of the systems charged with the task. To complicate matters further, the ori...