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Politics Of Child Abuse

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  • © 1985
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  1. Nigel Parton
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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. The History

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Child Abuse and the Sociology of Social Problems

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      Pages 3-19

    3. Children as Victims: Cruelty and Neglect in History

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      Pages 20-47

    4. The Discovery of the ‘Battered Baby’

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      Pages 48-68

    5. The Social Reaction to Maria Colwell

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      Pages 69-99

    6. Policy Developments and Practice Issues

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      Pages 100-128

  3. A Critique

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      Pages 129-129
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    2. Child Abuse as Disease

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      Pages 131-151

    3. Poverty, Social Structure and Child Abuse

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      Pages 152-173

    4. Reformulating Policy and Practice

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      Pages 174-199

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 200-245
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NIGEL PARTON is Principal Lecturer in Social Work at Huddersfield Polytechnic, and a part-time honorary social worker in a Social Services Department.

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