Randell Alexander 
Research and Practices in Child Maltreatment Prevention, Volume 1 
Definitions of Abuse and Prevention

464 pages, 15 images, 41 contributors


STM Learning’s all-new reference,
Research and Practices in Child Maltreatment Prevention , begins with a broad and comprehensive first volume — Definitions of Abuse and Prevention. This first of two volumes defines in detail various types of child abuse, the history of child abuse prevention, contemporary prevention models, and emergent risk factors for the abuse of children.


Researchers and field professionals in medicine, law, social work, and associated fields will enjoy the benefit of an up-to-date, peer-reviewed survey of contemporary models in child protection and the prevention of child maltreatment. Expert contributors in medicine, social work, and public health have collaborated to make this all-new textbook an essential tool for their colleagues in child abuse prevention.

Tabella dei contenuti

SECTION I: INTRODUCTION

1. Etiology and Risk and Protective Factors in the Context of Primary Prevention

2. A Conceptual Framework for Exploring the Social Determinants of Child Maltreatment

3. Emerging Opportunities in Prevention: Lessons From the Past

4. Promoting the Health and Well-being of Children: The Role of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Preventing Child Maltreatment

5. Economic Burden of Child Maltreatment

SECTION II: THE SCIENCE OF PREVENTION

6. Expanding the Definition of Evidence in Child Maltreatment Prevention

7. Does Intervention Work?: Research Designs in Prevention

8. Complexity Science Applications in Child Maltreatment Prevention

9. A Research Agenda to Accelerate the Adoption and Effective Use of Promising Child Maltreatment Prevention Strategies

SECTION III: PREVENTION FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF MALTREATMENT

10. Promising Approaches for Preventing Child Neglect

11. Corporal Punishment and Child Abuse: Policy and Prevention Programs

12. Physical Abuse Prevention

13. Primary Prevention of Childhood Sexual Abuse

14. Non-Programmatic Approaches to Child Maltreatment Prevention

15. Prevention of the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children

16. Community Violence Exposure Among Children and Youth: Considering Risk and Protective Factors and Prevention

17. Children Exposed to Domestic Violence: Prevention Approaches With Mothers and Fathers

18. Prevention of Psychological Maltreatment

19. Preventing Cyber Sexual Solicitation of Adolescents

SECTION IV: CONCLUSION

20. The Future of Child Abuse Prevention

Circa l’autore

Randell Alexander is a professor of pediatrics at the University of Florida and the Morehouse School of Medicine. He currently serves as chief of the Division of Child Protection and Forensic Pediatrics and interim chief of the Division of Developmental Pediatrics at the University of Florida-Jacksonville. He is the statewide medical director of child protections teams for the Department of Health’s Children’s Medical Services and is part of the International Advisory Board for the National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome. He has also served as vice chair of the US Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect, on the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect, and the boards of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) and Prevent Child Abuse America. He is an active researcher, lectures widely, and testifies frequently in major child abuse cases throughout the country.