Preventing Child Maltreatment Through Social Support: A Critical Analysis

by Ross A. Thompson

Ross A. Thompson′s social-policy expertise illuminates the limitations of formulating a child protection policy agenda on current research without concern for the specific populations to be served. Thompson details an ambitious agenda for child welfare reform by calling for a multistrategy approach, with specific reference to the 1990 proposals of the U.S. Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect, with which he has been intimately connected...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803955952
• ISBN13: 9780803955950
• Release Date: August 1995
• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"