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Summary
Summary
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
Author Notes
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.
Table of Contents
| Part 1 An Introduction to Basic Concepts |
| 1 The Meaning of MaltreatmentJames Garbarino and John Eckenrode |
| 2 The Scope and History of Child Abuse and NeglectFrank Barry and Patrick Collins |
| 3 The Community Context of Child Abuse and NeglectJames Garbarino and Frank Barry |
| 4 Disturbances in Relationships: Parenting, Family Development, and Child MaltreatmentKerry Bolger and Marney Thomas and John Eckenrode |
| Part 2 Special Issues |
| 5 The Elusive Crime of Psychological MaltreatmentJames Garbarino and John Eckenrode and Kerry Bolger |
| 6 Family Sexual AbuseMarney Thomas and John Eckenrode and James Garbarino |
| 7 Child Maltreatment in Loco ParentisMichael Nunno and Martha Holden and Brian Leidy |
| Part 3 Adolescent Maltreatment |
| 8 The Maltreatment of YouthJames Garbarino and John Eckenrode and Jane Levine Powers |
| 9 Youth in Trouble Are Youth Who Have Been HurtJohn Eckenrode and Jane Levine Powers and James Garbarino |
| 10 In Conclusion: Family Life Development and Child ProtectionJames Garbarino and John Eckenrode |
