| Understanding Abusive Families: An Ecological Approach to Theory and Practice Revised Edition Contributor(s): Garbarino, James (Author), Eckenrode, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 0787910058 ISBN-13: 9780787910051 Publisher: Jossey-Bass OUR PRICE: $42.75 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 1997 Annotation: A definitive guide to the dynamics of child abuseWritten by two of the country's most renowned authorities on the problems of youth, this classic book provides a thorough understanding of child abuse by tracing its development from infancy through childhood to adolescence. Going to the very heart of the problem, the authors also present a prescription to remedy the vicious cycle of abuse, warning that we must bring about fundamental changes in the basic cultural, social, and economic attitudes that allow children to be physically and psychologically harmed. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Children's Studies - Family & Relationships | Abuse - General - Family & Relationships | Parenting - Motherhood |
| Dewey: 362.76 |
| LCCN: 97020812 |
| Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6.21" W x 9.24" (1.09 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Topical - Family |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An up-to-date analysis of the factors contributing to abuse This newly revised edition of a classic in the field of child abuseand neglect presents effective guidelines for prevention, protection, and rehabilitation. Compelling and compassionate, this book explores why and howfamilies become abusive. It then offers both the wisdom andspecific clinical interventions that will aid in the understandingof abuser and victim. Understanding Abusive Families offers cutting-edge information andprescriptions for change reagrding: * the patterns of incidence and prevalence * the community context of child abuse and the issue of socialsupport * psychological and sexual maltreatment * child abuse in institutional families * the special issues involved in adolescent maltreatment |