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Social Work and Child Abuse

  • Textbook
  • © 1987

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Authors:
  1. David M. Cooper
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  2. David Ball
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Part of the book series: Practical Social Work Series (PSWS)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Developments, Definitions and Reactions

    • David M. Cooper, David Ball
    Pages 1-18

  3. Other Agencies and Child Abuse

    • David M. Cooper, David Ball
    Pages 19-41

  4. Social Workers’ Anxieties and Needs

    • David M. Cooper, David Ball
    Pages 42-59

  5. Assessing Risk and Taking Risks

    • David M. Cooper, David Ball
    Pages 60-77

  6. Social Workers as Investigators

    • David M. Cooper, David Ball
    Pages 78-93

  7. Social Workers as Therapists

    • David M. Cooper, David Ball
    Pages 94-120

  8. Strategies for Tomorrow

    • David M. Cooper, David Ball
    Pages 121-146

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 147-160
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Well-publicised cases of child abuse have brought heavy media criticism of the social work role in prevention and child protection. This book attempts to bring a sense of perspective to allay the anxieties and fears felt by many social workers. The authors resist the idea that child abuse is a special 'disease' and develop a broad based strategy encompassing both individual therapy and environmental approaches. '...Cooper and Ball's short introduction to child abuse in the Practical Social Work Series is a remarkable achievement in that it provides local authority social workers and general social work students with a concise overview of issues related to working in child abuse.' Issues in Social Work Education.

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