Violence Against Children: Physical Child Abuse in the United States

by David G. Gil

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For this volume Gil examines and interprets a series of nationwide studies of child abuse that were initiated in 1965 in an attempt to unravel the context of social and cultural forces with which violent behavior against children is associated. He begins with a definition: "Physical abuse of children is the intentional, nonaccidental use of physical force, or intentional nonaccidental acts of omission, on the part of a parent or other caretaker interacting...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0674939425

ISBN13:9780674939424

Release Date:January 1978

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Length:230 Pages

Weight:0.70 lbs.

Dimensions:0.7" x 5.3" x 8.2"

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