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Book SynopsisChild abuse and neglect are intractable problems exacting a terrible toll on children and rending the very fabric of our society. What can be done to reduce the suffering? If there were simple solutions to abuse and neglect they would have been discovered long ago. There are no easy answers, but in this vivid history of child protection in America, John E.B. Myers introduces realistic policies that will reduce maltreatment and strengthen the system that protects our children. Before it is possible to design viable improvements in today''s system, it is necessary to understand how it evolved. The sweeping, beautifully written account of child protection in America traces its growth from colonial days to the present--from the rise and gradual disappearance of orphanages, the growth of foster care, the birth of organized child protection in 1874, and the rise of private societies to prevent cruelty, to the twentieth-century transition to government-operated child protection.Myers goes on
Trade Review"This compelling work traces child protection efforts from early colonial America to the present...Social workers and social work educators will find this work valuable, especially in its explanation of various organizations and larger-than-life reformers...all pivotal to this subject's history."--Doody's "This compelling work traces child protection efforts from early colonial America to the present...Social workers and social work educators will find this work valuable, especially in its explanation of various organizations and larger-than-life reformers...all pivotal to this subject's history."--Doody's
Table of ContentsPart I The Road Traveled: The History of Child Protection in America ; 1. Child Protection from the Colonial Period to 1875 ; 2. Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children ; 3. Child Protection from 1900 to 1962 ; 4. Child Protection from 1962 to Present ; 5. Child Sexual Abuse ; Part II The Road Ahead: Child Protection Today, Causes of Child Abuse and Neglect, Roadblocks to Progress, Reducing Maltreatment, Improving Child Protection ; 6. Causes of Child Abuse and Neglect ; 7. Reducing Abuse and Neglect ; 8. Improving the Child Protection System
