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• ISBN: 0815319185
• ISBN: 9780815319184
• Physical Description: xix, 175 pages ; 23 cm.
• Publisher: New York : Garland Pub., 1995.

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Formatted Contents Note:

Series Foreword / Richard M. Lerner -- Foreword / Paul H. Mussen -- Ch. 1. Introduction -- Ch. 2. Problems of Definition -- Ch. 3. The Family in Ecological Contexts -- Ch. 4. Family Contexts of Child Maltreatment -- Ch. 5. Systems Approaches -- Ch. 6. Childrearing Dimensions Relevant to Child Maltreatment -- Ch. 7. Psychological Characteristics of Abusive Parents -- Ch. 8. Recommendations -- Hit by Friendly Fire: Iatrogenic Effects of Misguided Social Policy Interventions on African American Families / Jacquelyne Faye Jackson -- Strengthening the Fabric of Child and Family Policies: Interweaving the Threads of Research / L. Annette Abrams -- Afterword / Richard M. Lerner.

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Child abuse > United States.
Abusive parents > United States.
Abusive parents.
Child abuse.
United States.
USA.

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