Product Description: Every day in the United States, children and adolescents are victims of commercial sexual exploitation and sex trafficking. Despite the serious and long-term consequences for victims as well as their families, communities, and society, efforts to prevent, identify, and respond to these crimes are largely under supported, inefficient, uncoordinated, and unevaluated...read more

Product Description: This Handbook examines core questions still remaining in the field of child maltreatment. It addresses major challenges in child maltreatment work, starting with the question of what child abuse and neglect is exactly. It then goes on to examine why maltreatment occurs and what its consequences are...read more

Product Description: The book series, “Child Maltreatment: Contemporary Issues in Research and Policy.” will consist of a state of the art handbook (to be revised every five years) and two to three volumes per year. The first volume in this series is a legacy to C...read more

Product Description: First published in 1968, The Battered Child quickly became a landmark work. Our awareness of child abuse today is due in no small part to the remarkable impact of its first and subsequent editions.The new edition of this classic text continues the legacy...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: First published in 1968, The Battered Child quickly became a landmark work. Our awareness of child abuse today is due in no small part to the remarkable impact of its first and subsequent editions.The new edition of this classic text continues the legacy...read more

Product Description: The 4th Edition of Dr. Krugman's popular review book helps to confirm readers' understanding of pediatrics. This helpful book covers diagnosis and therapy with over 1200 multiple-choice questions that run the gamut from basic clinical problems and case management dilemmas to "What if...read more