The Child Abusers
1st Edition
Published on 1. May 2004
240 pages
978-0-335-22752-5 (ISBN)
Description
In this book, the author examines the available evidence in order to challenge the myths and controversies which can create anxiety in even the most experienced professionals. Readers are offered up-to-date research and case material, to assist in the assessment of risk and physical danger. Emphasis is placed on the importance of the child protection-psychiatry interface and while no absolute answers are offered, the debates around the subject are clearly outlined and suggestions for effective intervention are offered.
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Colin Pritchard
The Child Abusers
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05/2004
Open University Press
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Content
- Front cover
- Half title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1 The Child Protection Controversy
- Chapter 2 Types of Abuse: Incidence, Overlap, Psychiatric Effects and Prevention
- Chapter 3 Within-Family Abusers
- Chapter 4 Extra-Family Abusers
- Chapter 5 Some Special Problems for Child Protection Teams
- Chapter 6 The Societal Abuser: Re-discovering the Cycle of Poverty
- Chapter 7 The Extremes of Child Abuse: Who Kills Children and The Psychiatric-Child Abuse Interface?
- Chapter 8 Professional Iatrogenesis: The 'Helping Hand Strikes Again'
- Chapter 9 Strategies for Reducing Child Abuse and Sexual Offending: Processing and Therapy
- Bibliography
- Name index
- Subject index
- Back cover
