Child Abuse

FIVE STAR AMAZON REVIEWS for the first edition:“Every community practitioner caring for children and families should carry this book with them.”“As a team manager for a social work team, I think this is a great book that I will use with unqualified, student and newly qualified social workers w…

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Elaine Aspinwall-Roberts is a Senior Lecturer in Adult Social Care at Liverpool John Moores University, UK. She is a qualified social worker and was previously a local authority team manager. She has worked extensively with older people, people with physical disabilities and people with learning dis…

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How can professionals build constructive relationships with families where the parents dispute professional allegations of serious child abuse? How can meaningful safety for children be created in these families? How can professionals work together constructively in such cases?Situations where pare…

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The principal objectives of this book are to enable childcare workers to understand and deal more effectively with cases of emotional and psychological abuse. The concepts of emotional development, emotional abuse, psychological development, and psychological abuse are fully explored and clearly def…

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This book offers a detailed analysis of the issues and challenges in the theory and practice of child protection. It is based on the author’s research carried out in the United Kingdom and Australia and arises out of a recognised need to enhance cooperation among the major agencies involved in ch…

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* How can we improve child protection?* What can we learn from recent child abuse cases and research?* Who are the child abusers? * Who kills children?Child abuse horrifies the public, engenders fierce debate in the media, and creates anxiety in even the most experienced professionals. In this book,…

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