Overcoming child abuse : a window on a world problem /
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| Imprint: | Aldershot, Hants, England ; Brookfield, Vt. : Ashgate, Dartmouth, c2000. |
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| Description: | viii, 375 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Issues in law and society |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4236973 |
Table of Contents:
- Notes on Contributors
- 1. Child Abuse: The Search for a Solution
- 2. Child Protection Law in Australia
- 3. Child Abuse: The Bulgarian Case
- 4. Maltreatment of Children in Chile
- 5. Abused and Neglected Children in the Republic of Croatia
- 6. The Definition of, and Legal and Management Responses to, the Problem of Child Abuse in England and Wales
- 7. Dealing with the Problems of Sexual Abuse of Children in Finland
- 8. Child Abuse and the Law in the Federal Republic of Germany: Current Situation and Prospects
- 9. Child Abuse in Hungary
- 10. Taking Stock of a Revolution: Child Abuse and the Law in Israel, 1989-97
- 11. Child Abuse in Japan: The Current Situation and Proposed Legal Changes
- 12. Child Abuse and Neglect: A Malaysian Perspective
- 13. Protecting, Reporting and Supporting: Child Abuse and the Assessment of Risks in the Netherlands
- 14. Child Abuse in New Zealand
- 15. Child Abuse: The Nigerian Perspective
- 16. 'Let Him Take His Wife': Marriage, Protection and Exploitation of Girls in Zimbabwe
- Index