Early Prediction and Prevention of Child Abuse: A Handbook

This comprehensive handbook is a thoroughly up-to-date reference\nfor all those involved in child protection work and is based on the\nhighly successful Early Prediction and Prevention of Child Abuse\nfirst published in 1988.

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With a focus on evidence based practice, the handbook has four\nsections: Prevalence and Prediction; Primary and Secondary\nPrevention; Helping Victims and Helping Offenders.

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The contributors have been selected from both practitioner and\nresearch backgrounds and all are experts in their fields. As\nessential purchase for professionals in any work related to child\nprotection and to students and trainees in a range of disciplines\nincluding social work; psychiatry; psychology; paediatrics; nursing\nand health.

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\n\n- An updated and expanded edition of Early Prevention of Child\nAbuse, which is considered a key text in the field
\n- Highly qualified and respected contributors
\n- Contains information on offenders as well as victims, thus\noffering an important new dimension\n\n\n