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The recent surge in reports of child abuse has led Costin, Karger, and Stoesz to examine whether our current responses to the problem are adequate. In this book they trace the cultural, social, and legal factors that have shaped the history of child abuse and responses to it since the 1870s. The public response to child abuse is detailed, from the creation of the first Societies for Prevention of Cruelty to Children in the late 19th century, to the relative consignment of child abuse cases to the courts in the early to mid 20th century, and finally to the clinical, individual-level approaches introduced in the 1960s and still practised today.

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Costin et al have provided a fascinating account of the development of child abuse politics in America. * Labour Campaign for Criminal Justice Newsletter no 49 *

The Politics of Child Abuse in America

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    Publisher: Oxford University Press
    Publication Date: 7/3/1997 12:00:00 AM
    ISBN13: 9780195116687, 978-0195116687
    ISBN10: 0195116682
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    Book Synopsis
    The recent surge in reports of child abuse has led Costin, Karger, and Stoesz to examine whether our current responses to the problem are adequate. In this book they trace the cultural, social, and legal factors that have shaped the history of child abuse and responses to it since the 1870s. The public response to child abuse is detailed, from the creation of the first Societies for Prevention of Cruelty to Children in the late 19th century, to the relative consignment of child abuse cases to the courts in the early to mid 20th century, and finally to the clinical, individual-level approaches introduced in the 1960s and still practised today.

    Trade Review
    Costin et al have provided a fascinating account of the development of child abuse politics in America. * Labour Campaign for Criminal Justice Newsletter no 49 *

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