New Directions in Child Abuse and Neglect Research

by Institute of Medicine, Committee on Child Maltreatment Research Policy and Practice for the Next Decade Phase II, Board on Children Youth and Families, et al.

Each year, child protective services receive reports of child abuse and neglect involving six million children, and many more go unreported. The long-term human and fiscal consequences of child abuse and neglect are not relegated to the victims themselves -- they also impact their families, future relationships, and society. In 1993, the National Research Council (NRC) issued the report, Under-standing Child Abuse and Neglect , which provided an overview...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0309285127
• ISBN13: 9780309285124
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Length: 442 Pages
• Weight: 1.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 9.0"