Children's Human Rights: Progress and Challenges for Children Worldwide

by Linda C. Majka

Book Overview

Children's human rights are regularly violated around the world. We hear about graphic examples including child soldiers, child prostitutes, and children sold into slavery, but hungry, sick, and orphaned children are equally at risk and more prevalent. In the United States, children suffer similar abuses, but some are unique to the U.S. justice system. Unlike most of the rest of the world, the U.S. is a well-developed western nation in which juvenile...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0742529886
• ISBN13: 9780742529885
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"