Includes bibliographical references (pages 230-236) and index
Contents:
Introduction ch. 1: The child welfare movement. Chapter preface The origins of the child rescue movement / Etta Angell Wheeler Poor immigrant children live in tenement squalor / Jacob A. Riis The high cost of child labor / Emil G. Hirsch How child molestation became a crime / Stephen Robertson Child neglect has been neglected for too long / Isabel Wolock and Bernard Horowitz ch. 2: Medical and psychological perspectives on child abuse. Chapter preface Child sexual abuse is a source of adult psychological difficulty / Sigmund Freud The doctor's role in battered child syndrome / Ray E. Helfer Child abuse can hurt the brain / William J. Cromie The long-term psychological consequences of abuse / Judith Lewis Herman Child abuse can lead to aggressive, antisocial behavior / James Garbarino ch. 3: Cultural and political perspectives on child abuse. Chapter preface Whipping children does more harm than good / John Locke Corporal punishment can be part of Christian discipline / Theodore Dwight Jr. Religious affiliation influences what parents believe about corporal punishment / Denise A. Hines and Kathleen Malley-Morrison Epidemic or hysteria? : day care sex abuse scandals in the 1980s / Mary de Young The recovered memory debate / Tiffany Danitz Sexual abuse in the Catholic Church / Michael Rezendes ch. 4: Perspectives on the treatment and prevention of child abuse. Chapter preface The government must invest in prevention / Thomas L. Birch The government shold invest in family preservation / The Economist The foster care system must do better / Lenny Levinson Preventing child sexual abuse / Carol A. Plummer Racial and economic disparities in the child welfare system / Nina Williams-Mbengue and Steve Christian Protecting children from exploitation on the Internet / Michael McGrath Ten years after Megan's Law, children are not much safer / Alexis Jetter Chronology Organizations to contact
