Title Child protection in America : past, present, and future / John E.B. Myers.

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Location	Call No.	Status	OPAC Message	Public Note	Gift Note
Moore Stacks	HV741 .M928 2006	Available	---

Description	viii, 306 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-300) and index.
Contents	Child protection from the colonial period to 1875 -- Societies for the prevention of cruelty to children -- Child protection from 1900 to 1962 -- Child protection from 1962 to the present -- Child sexual abuse -- Causes of child abuse and neglect -- Reducing abuse and neglect -- Improving the child protection system.
Subject	Child welfare -- United States.
	Child welfare.
	United States.
	Child welfare -- United States -- History.
	History.
	Child abuse -- United States -- Prevention.
	Child abuse.
	Child abuse -- Law and legislation -- United States.
	Child abuse -- Law and legislation.
	Children -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States.
	Children -- Legal status, laws, etc.
	Enfants -- Droit -- États-Unis.
	Enfants -- Protection, assistance, etc. -- États-Unis.
	Enfants -- Protection, assistance, etc. -- États-Unis -- Histoire.
	Violence envers les enfants -- Droit -- États-Unis.
	Violence envers les enfants -- Prévention.
	Children.
ISBN	0195169352 hardcover alkaline paper
	9780195169355