Child Physical Abuse: Current Evidence, Clinical Practice, and Policy Directions

by Tanya S Hinds and Angelo P. Giardino

This eye-opening monograph challenges professionals across disciplines to take a more thorough and focused approach to addressing child physical abuse at the practice and policy levels. Positing child physical abuse as a public health crisis (as opposed to a more vague "social" one), the authors use empirical findings and clinical insights to advocate for wide-scale reforms in screening, assessment, responses, treatment, and prevention...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 331961102X
• ISBN13: 9783319611020
• Release Date: October 2017
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 153 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"