1st Edition

Child Abuse and Neglect Biosocial Dimensions - Foundations of Human Behavior

Edited By Richard Gelles Copyright 1987
346 Pages
by Routledge

346 Pages
by Routledge

334 Pages
by Routledge

Child Abuse and Neglect is the third volume sponsored by the Social Science Research Council. The goals of these volumes include the development of a biosocial perspective and its application to the interface between biological and social phenomena in order to advance the understanding of human behavior.Child Abuse and Neglect applies the biosocial perspective to child maltreatment and... Read more
I INTRODUCTION 1 Introduction II CHILD ABUSE: CROSS-CULTURAL, HISTORICAL, AND EVOLUTIONARY PERSPECTIVES 2 What to Learn from Cross-Cultural and Historical Research on Child Abuse and Neglect: An Overview 3 Child Maltreatment in Cross-Cultural Perspective: Vulnerable Children and Circumstances 4 Neglect, Abuse, and Avoidable Death: Parental Investment and the Mortality of Infants and Children in the European Tradition III EXPLAINING CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT 5 Sex-Biased Parental Investment among Primates and Other Mammals: A Critical Evaluation of The Trivers-Willard Hypothesis 6 Child Abuse: A Comparative Psychobiological Perspective 7 External and Internal Influences on Aggression in Captive Group-Living Monkeys 9 Risk of Maltreatment of Children Living with Stepparents 10 Time, Place, and Parental Awareness: A Cognitive-Developmental Perspective on Family Adaptation and Parental Care IV OUTCOMES AND CONSEQUENCES OF MALTREATMENT Children as Homicide Victims 11 Intergenerational Continuity of Abuse 12 The Sequelae of Child Maltreatment 13 The Consequences of Child Maltreatment: Biosocial and Ecological Issue

Biography

Richard J. Gelles College of Arts & Sciences, University of Rhode Island. Jane B. Lancaster Department of Anthropology University of New Mexico, Albuquerque.