Child Abuse Errors: When Good Intentions Go Wrong

by Dennis Howitt

Book Overview

"An insightful social constructionist analysis of child abuse. Also, practically it points out the most common errors in child abuse investigations, which gives it a substantial applied use."--Martin Weinberg, Indiana University "Howitt's book has a simple aim: examining errors in social work practice which lead to injustice and harm. Its publication will be timely. . . . [Howitt] debunks convincingly numerous self-serving myths that exist within...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813519160
• ISBN13: 9780813519166
• Release Date: January 1993
• Publisher: Rutgers University Press
• Length: 226 Pages
• Weight: 0.81 lbs.