Family & Relationships : Abuse

This book draws on a wide range of evidence to explore the facts about the relationship between substance misuse and domestic violence and their effect on children, and examines the response of children's services when there are concerns about the safety and welfare of children. It reveals the vulnerability of these children and the extent to which domestic violence, parental alcohol or parental drug misuse impact on children's health and development, affect the adults' capacity to undertake key parenting tasks, and influence the response of wider family and the community. It includes parents' own voices and allows them to explain what help they feel would best support families in similar situations. The authors explore the extent to which current local authority plans, procedures, joint protocols and training support information sharing and collaborative working. Emphasising the importance of an holistic inter-agency approach to assessment, planning and service provision, the authors draw from the findings implications for policy and practice in both children and adult services. This book is essential reading for all professionals working to promote the welfare and wellbeing of children and those working with vulnerable adults, many of whom are parents. more...

Price: $39.95

A comprehensive overview of the causes, treatment and prevention of child sexual abuse which approaches the problem from the perspective of the victims, their families and the offenders themselves. more...

Price: $59.95

This collection of twelve essays represents an important contribution to the understanding of child welfare and social action in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. They challenge many assumptions about the history of childhood and child welfare policy and cover a variety of themes including the physical and sexual abuse of children, forced child migration and role of the welfare state. more...

Price: $75.00

The essays in this collection focus on long-term effects of trauma caused by organized persecution - children's experiences of the horror and terror of war, and on the coping mechanisms and reparative experiences, which mitigate and sometimes surmount the trauma. more...

Price: $125.00

Part of the series, "A Commentary on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child", which provides an analysis of various substantive, organizational and procedural provisions of the CRC and its two Optional Protocols. This volume constitutes a commentary on Article 34 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child. more...

Price: $97.00