Overview
An up-to-date analysis of the factors contributing to abuse This newly revised edition of a classic in the field of child abuseand neglect presents effective guidelines for prevention,protection, and rehabilitation. Compelling and compassionate, this book explores why and howfamilies become abusive. It then offers both the wisdom andspecific clinical interventions that will aid in the understandingof abuser and victim. Understanding Abusive Families offers cutting-edge information andprescriptions for change reagrding: * the patterns of incidence and prevalence * the community context of child abuse and the issue of socialsupport * psychological and sexual maltreatment * child abuse in institutional families * the special issues involved in adolescent maltreatment
Full Product Details
Author: James Garbarino ,
John Eckenrode
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
Edition: Revised edition
Dimensions:
Width: 16.10cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 24.50cm
Weight: 0.501kg
ISBN: 9780787910051
ISBN 10: 0787910058
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 26 September 1997
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
A well-written, carefully edited book that offers a new way of conceptualizing child abuse. It is a book well suited for college courses, training programs, and practicing clinicians and should be required reading for politicians and policy makers. (Psychiatric Services) <br> In an accessible style that incorporates clinical vignettes to illustrate concepts, these authors have made an important and lasting contribution to our understanding of child abuse. Understanding Abusive Families will be an important addition to the libraries of all who are interested in understanding child maltreatment and in protecting the most vulnerable members of society?our children. (Dante Cicchetti, Ph.D., University of Rochester, Mt. Hope Family Center) <br> Understanding Abusive Families presents a useful overview of the child abuse problem and a cogent plea to stop doing business as usual. If we heeded this plea as a nation, we could begin to help children get beyond the scars of abuse. (Anne Cohn Donnelly, executive director, National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse) <br> A comprehensive, well-documented, and clarifying study of an important issue. Offers thoughtful recommAndations for both prevention and intervention. Anyone interested in vulnerable children and adolescents will find something of use in this volume. (Donald Cohen, director, Yale University Child Study Center, and Jean Adnopoz, associate clinical professor, Yale University Child Study Center) <br> An invaluable resource. Provides an important view of families within a broader context--within the real world in which they live. This comprehensive perspective can help improve our ability to protect children, support families, and prevent child maltreatment. (Deanne Tilton Durfee, executive director, Los Angeles County Inter-Agency Council on Child Abuse and Neglect)
"""A well-written, carefully edited book that offers a new way ofconceptualizing child abuse. It is a book well suited for collegecourses, training programs, and practicing clinicians and should berequired reading for politicians and policy makers."" (PsychiatricServices) ""In an accessible style that incorporates clinical vignettes toillustrate concepts, these authors have made an important andlasting contribution to our understanding of child abuse.Understanding Abusive Families will be an important addition to thelibraries of all who are interested in understanding childmaltreatment and in protecting the most vulnerable members ofsociety?our children."" (Dante Cicchetti, Ph.D., University ofRochester, Mt. Hope Family Center) ""Understanding Abusive Families presents a useful overview of thechild abuse problem and a cogent plea to stop doing business asusual. If we heeded this plea as a nation, we could begin to helpchildren get beyond the scars of abuse."" (Anne Cohn Donnelly,executive director, National Committee to Prevent ChildAbuse) ""A comprehensive, well-documented, and clarifying study of animportant issue. Offers thoughtful recommAndations for bothprevention and intervention. Anyone interested in vulnerablechildren and adolescents will find something of use in thisvolume."" (Donald Cohen, director, Yale University Child StudyCenter, and Jean Adnopoz, associate clinical professor, YaleUniversity Child Study Center) ""An invaluable resource. Provides an important view of familieswithin a broader context--within the real world in which they live.This comprehensive perspective can help improve our ability toprotect children, support families, and prevent childmaltreatment."" (Deanne Tilton Durfee, executive director, LosAngeles County Inter-Agency Council on Child Abuse and Neglect)"
A well-written, carefully edited book that offers a new way of conceptualizing child abuse. It is a book well suited for college courses, training programs, and practicing clinicians and should be required reading for politicians and policy makers. (Psychiatric Services) <br> In an accessible style that incorporates clinical vignettes to illustrate concepts, these authors have made an important and lasting contribution to our understanding of child abuse. Understanding Abusive Families will be an important addition to the libraries of all who are interested in understanding child maltreatment and in protecting the most vulnerable members of society?our children. (Dante Cicchetti, Ph.D., University of Rochester, Mt. Hope Family Center) <br> Understanding Abusive Families presents a useful overview of the child abuse problem and a cogent plea to stop doing business as usual. If we heeded this plea as a nation, we could begin to help children get beyond the scars of abuse. (Anne
Author Information
JAMES GARBARINO is director of the Family Life Development Centerand professor of human development at Cornell University. He is theauthor of Raising Children in a Socially Toxic Environment (1995)from Jossey-Bass. JOHN ECKENRODE is associate director of the Family Life DevelopmentCenter and professor of human development at Cornell University.
