Main description:

The second edition of this successful handbook, edited by well-known experts in this field, includes core questions in the field of child abuse and neglect. It addresses major challenges in child maltreatment work, starting with "What is child abuse and neglect?" and then examines why maltreatment occurs and what are its consequences. The handbook also addresses prevention, intervention, investigation, treatment as well as civil and criminal legal perspectives. It comprehensively studies the issue from the perspective of a broader, international and cross-cultural human experience. Apart from a thorough revision of existing chapters, this edition includes many new chapters covering recent developments in this area and other issues not covered in the first edition. There is more focus on substance abuse, psychological abuse, and on social and community involvement and public health provisions in the prevention of child maltreatment. The handbook examines what is known now and more importantly what remains to be researched in the coming decades to help abused and neglected children, their families and their communities, thereby taking the field forward.

Contents:

Part I Child Maltreatment: What Is It?

Chapter 1: Trends in Child Abuse Reporting
Chapter 2: Recent Research on Child Neglect
Chapter 3: Current Issues in Physical Abuse
Chapter 4: Psychological Maltreatment: A Threat to Children Not to Be Ignored
Chapter 5: Child Sexual Abuse: Progress Report on Current State of the Art and the Challenges for the Future
Chapter 6: Child Trafficking and Exploitation
Chapter 7: Fatal Child Abuse
Chapter 8: Dealing with Child Maltreatment through Child Participation

Part II Child Maltreatment: What Are the Risks, Causes, and Consequences?

Chapter 9: Neurobiological Consequences of Neglect and Abuse
Chapter 10: The Causes and Consequences of Racial Disproportionality and Disparities
Chapter 11: Poverty and Child Maltreatment
Chapter 12: Substance Use and Child Maltreatment: Providing a Framework for Understanding the Relationship using Current Evidence
Chapter 13: Social Networks and Child Maltreatment
Chapter 14: Rural and Urban Child Maltreatment Considerations in the United States
Chapter 15: Child Maltreatment and Disabilities: Increased Risk?
Chapter 16: Addressing Intimate Partner Violence and Child Maltreatment: Challenges and Opportunities
Chapter 17: Revisiting a Multidimensional Model of Intergenerational Transmission of Child Maltreatment
Chapter 18: Longterm Consequences of Child Maltreatment
Chapter 19: Silenced No More! It's Time We Talk about Abuse and Neglect, It's the Way to EndCAN

Part III Child Maltreatment: What Can and Should We Do About It?

Prevention

Chapter 20: Sustaining Progress in Preventing Child Maltreatment: A Transformative Challenge
Chapter 21: The Alberta Family Wellness Initiative: Catalyzing Positive Change Based on Brain Story Understanding and Documenting the Difference It Can Make
Chapter 22: Core Components of Public Health Approaches to Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect
Chapter 23: Community-Level Prevention of Child Maltreatment
Chapter 24: Strong Communities for Children: A Community-Wide Approach to Prevention of Child Maltreatment

Treatment and Intervention

Chapter 25: Trauma-Informed Care for Maltreated Children: Evidence-Based Treatments from a Developmental Perspective
Chapter 26: Foster Care and Child Well-Being
Chapter 27: Siblings in the Context of Child Abuse: Where Should We Go from Here?
Chapter 28: Engaging Nonoffending Mothers of Sexually Abused Children
Chapter 29: Protecting LGBTQ+ Children and Youth
Chapter 30: Beyond Investigations: Differential Response in Child Protective Services
Chapter 31: Decisions to Protect Children: A Decision-Making Ecology

Legal Perspectives

Chapter 32: Using Public Health Law and Legal Epidemiology to Respond to Child Maltreatment
Chapter 33: Judicial Issues in Child Maltreatment
Chapter 34: Law Enforcement's Evolving Mission to Protect Children: A Multi-Disciplinary Perspective Years Later
Chapter 35: Beyond CPS: Building a System to Protect the Safety and Basic Development Of Children Experiencing Problematic Parenting

Part IV Child Maltreatment: What Is a Global Perspective?

Chapter 36: Child Maltreatment as a Problem in International Law
Chapter 37: Child Maltreatment and Global Health: Biocultural Perspectives