Physical and Emotional Abuse and Neglect

Volume Introduction, Further Reading, The Problem of Parental Criminal Neglect and Severe Physical Abuse of Children C. Henry Kempe and Henry K. Silver, Abused Young Children Seen in Hospitals Elizabeth Elmer, The Battered-Child Syndrome C. Henry Kempe et al, The “Maltreatment Syndrome” in Children Vincent J. Fontana, Denis Donovan and Raymond J. Wong, The Abused Child and the Law Robert E. Shepherd, Jr., The Battered Child Syndrome Ray E. Heifer and Carl B. Pollock, Child Abuse and Neglect Part I: Historical Overview, Legal Matrix, and Social Perspectives Mason P. Thomas, Jr., Child Abuse and Neglect Part II: Historical Overview, Legal Matrix, and Social Perspectives on North Carolina Mason P. Thomas, Jr., A Case Study of Child Abuse: A Former Prosecutor's View J. James McKenna, Child Neglect Proceedings—A New Focus Ellen K. Thomas, Child Abuse and Neglect Programs: A National Overview Saad Z. Nagi, Violence at Home: A Review of the Literature Mary Hanemann Lystad, Child Maltreatment in Military Communities Marilyn Allen, The Medicalization and Legalization of Child Abuse Eli H. Newberger and Richard Bourne, The Elusive “Crime” of Emotional Abuse James Garbarino, Child Abuse in the International Year of the Child Lesli Taylor and Eli H. Newberger, Child Welfare: The Policy-Research Rift Edward Zigler and Kirby A. Heller, Violence in the Family: A Review of Research in the Seventies Richard J. Gelles, Emotional Abuse and Mental Injury: A Critique of the Concepts and a Recommendation for Practice Charlene Kavanagh, Legal Issues in Psychological Abuse of Children Alayne Yates, The “Battered Child” Revisited Marilyn Heins, Child Maltreatment as a Social Problem: The Neglect of Neglect Isabel Wolock and Bernard Horowitz, Defining Child Maltreatment: A Multidisciplinary Overview Deborah P. Valentine et al., Does Verbal Abuse Leave Deeper Scars: A Study of Children and Parents P.G. Ney, Adolescent Maltreatment: Themes from the Empirical Literature Howard J. Doueck et al., The U.S. Supreme Court on Victimized Children: The Constitutional Rights of the Defendant versus the Best Interests of the Child Ebrahim J. Kermani, Psychological Maltreatment: Toward an Operational Definition Robin A. McGee and David A. Wolfe, The Search for a Definition of Psychological Maltreatment Phillip R. Shaver et al., Current Research Issues in Child Welfare Phyllis T. Howing et al., Children’s Rights Regarding Physical Abuse Debie D. Saidla, A Profile of Violence Toward Children: A National Study Glenn D. Wolfner and Richard J. Gelles, A Conceptual Definition of Child Neglect Howard Dubowitz et al., Acknowledgments, Series Index by Author

Biography

Byrgen P. Finkelman