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Child Abuse A Global View
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Beth M. Schwartz-Kenney, Michelle McCauley, Michelle A. Epstein
Foreword by David Finkelhor
Book Code: GR0745
ISBN: 0-313-30745-8
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-30745-4
296 pages, charts, figures
Greenwood Press
Publication: 10/30/2000
List Price: $66.95 (UK Sterling Price: £37.95)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • ...an excellent compendium of cultural and statistical information regarding what is considered child abuse in many parts of the world.
    —Library Journal
  • Students doing research across cultures and nations will aprreciate the volume because its structure lends itself to cross comparison
    —Blanche Woolls & David Loertscher (GaleGroup.com)
Description: Although child abuse and neglect is a tragic social problem affecting the lives of many individuals worldwide, the way it is defined, prevented and treated differs from country to country. This unique international survey allows readers to identify the differences and similarities that exist among a variety of cultures when it comes to defining and preventing the problem. Scholars in the field have provided qualitative and quantitative data on the many issues surrounding this universal problem in 16 different countries chosen to represent all regions of the world. Each chapter addresses one country and explores the ways in which it approaches the problem, including: the history of child abuse, how child abuse is defined, the prevalence of abuse, child protection and legal actions taken when abuse is suspected, remedial services available for families and abused children, legal innovations available for child witnesses/victims of abuse, legislative reforms, legal ramifications for offenders, and preventative measures. Readers can choose one or more of these aspects and compare how each differs from country to country. These cross-cultural comparisons can help readers identify how each country's historical perspective and definition of child abuse and neglect determines how each society identifies, prevents and treats the issue, why the problem persists, and what might be done to prevent it worldwide.
Table of Contents:
  • Series Foreword
  • Foreword
  • Australia by Suzanne E. Hatty and James Hatty
  • Canada: Increasing Awareness and Changing Responses by Marcellina Mian, Nicholas Bala, and Harriet MacMaillan
  • England by Wendy Stainton Rogers and Jeremy Roche
  • India by Uma A. Segal
  • Ireland by Harry Ferguson
  • Israel by Tamar Cohen
  • Japan by Akihisa Kouno and Charles Felzen Johnson
  • Kenya by Phihsta Onyango and Victoria Kattambo
  • Malaysia by Mohd Sham Kasim
  • Mexico by Antonio Estrada
  • Norway by Kari Killén
  • Romania by Ana Muntean and Maria Roth
  • Russia by Frederick B. Berrien, Tamara Yakovlevna Safonova, and Evgeny Iosifivich Tsimbal
  • Spain by Joaquín De Paúl and Olayo González
  • Sri Lanka by D.G. Harendra de Silva
  • United States by Michelle R. McCauley, Beth M. Schwartz-Kenney, Michelle A. Epstein, and Elizabeth J. Tucker
  • Index
LC Card Number: 00-035364
LCC Class: HV6626
Dewey Class: 362
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