Childhood Victimization: Violence, crime, and abuse in the lives of young people

Author:   David Finkelhor (, United States)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
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9780195342857


Pages:   248
Publication Date:   10 April 2008
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   David Finkelhor (, United States)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.60cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 16.30cm
Weight:   0.533kg
ISBN:  

9780195342857


ISBN 10:   0195342852
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   10 April 2008
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1: Chapter 1. Child Victims: An Introduction 2: Chapter 2. Developmental Victimology 3: Chapter 3. Children at Risk 4: Chapter 4. Developmental Impact (David Finkelhor and Kathy Kendall-Tackett) 5: Chapter 5. Just Kids' Stuff? Peer and Sibling Violence (David Finkelhor with Heather Turner and Richard Ormond) 6: Chapter 6. Getting Help: What Are the Barriers? (David Finkelhor with Janis Wolak and Lucy Berliner) 7: Chapter 7. Good News: Child Victimization Has Been Declining. Why? (David Finkelhor with Lisa Jones) 8: The Juvenile Victim Justice System: A Concept for Helping Victims (David Finkelhor with Ted Cross and Elise Cantor)

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.. .an important book...As in all his work, Finkelhor proceeds in a careful analytical way, sorting through explanations, advancing helpful classification systems and making good use of empirical evidence where it exists...[He is] a stimulating theorist and policy analyst. Finkelhor has challenged specialists in a way which will hopefully lead to productive and practically important scholarship. --Northwest Institute for Children and Families.. .a must read book. --The Lancet .. .an important book...As in all his work, Finkelhor proceeds in a careful analytical way, sorting through explanations, advancing helpful classification systems and making good use of empirical evidence where it exists...[He is] a stimulating theorist and policy analyst. Finkelhor has challenged specialists in a way which will hopefully lead to productive and practically important scholarship. --Northwest Institute for Children and Families.. .a must read book. --The Lancet . ..an important book...As in all his work, Finkelhor proceeds in a careful analytical way, sorting through explanations, advancing helpful classification systems and making good use of empirical evidence where it exists...[He is] a stimulating theorist and policy analyst. Finkelhor has challenged specialists in a way which will hopefully lead to productive and practically important scholarship. --Northwest Institute for Children and Families. ..a must read book. --The Lancet .,. an important book...As in all his work, Finkelhor proceeds in a careful analytical way, sorting through explanations, advancing helpful classification systems and making good use of empirical evidence where it exists...[He is] a stimulating theorist and policy analyst. Finkelhor has challenged specialists in a way which will hopefully lead to productive and practically important scholarship. --Northwest Institute for Children and Families .,. a must read book. --Lancet .,. an important book...As in all his work, Finkelhor proceeds in a careful analytical way, sorting through explanations, advancing helpful classification systems and making good use of empirical evidence where it exists...[He is] a stimulating theorist and policy analyst. Finkelhor has challengedspecialists in a way which will hopefully lead to productive and practically important scholarship. --Northwest Institute for Children and Families


.. .an important book...As in all his work, Finkelhor proceeds in a careful analytical way, sorting through explanations, advancing helpful classification systems and making good use of empirical evidence where it exists...[He is] a stimulating theorist and policy analyst. Finkelhor has challenged specialists in a way which will hopefully lead to productive and practically important scholarship. --Northwest Institute for Children and Families.. .a must read book. --The Lancet


.,. an important book...As in all his work, Finkelhor proceeds in a careful analytical way, sorting through explanations, advancing helpful classification systems and making good use of empirical evidence where it exists...[He is] a stimulating theorist and policy analyst. Finkelhor has challenged specialists in a way which will hopefully lead to productive and practically important scholarship. --Northwest Institute for Children and Families<br> .,. a must read book. --Lancet<br>


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