Early Prediction and Prevention of Child

This comprehensive handbook is a thoroughly up-to-date reference for all those involved in child protection work and is based on the highly successful Early Prediction and Prevention of Child Abuse first published in 1988. With a focus on evidence based practice, the handbook has four sections: Prevalence and Prediction; Primary and Secondary Prevention; Helping Victims and Helping Offenders. The contributors have been selected from both practitioner and research backgrounds and all are experts in their fields. As essential purchase for professionals in any work related to child protection and to students and trainees in a range of disciplines including social work; psychiatry; psychology; paediatrics; nursing and health. * An updated and expanded edition of Early Prevention of Child Abuse, which is considered a key text in the field * Highly qualified and respected contributors * Contains information on offenders as well as victims, thus offering an important new dimension

Kevin D. Browne, Ph.D., M.Ed., M.Sc., C.Psychol., C.Biol., is Professor of Forensic Psychology and Child Health and Director of Education in the Institute of Work, Health and Organisations at the University of Nottingham.

Helga Hanks is the editor of Early Prediction and Prevention of Child Abuse: A Handbook, published by Wiley.

Peter Stratton is the editor of Early Prediction and Prevention of Child Abuse: A Handbook, published by Wiley.

Catherine Hamilton-Giachritsis is the editor of Early Prediction and Prevention of Child Abuse: A Handbook, published by Wiley.

About the Editors.

List of Contributors.

Foreword (Richard Krugman).

Preface.

SECTION I: PREVALENCE AND PREDICTION.

Editor's Introduction (Kevin Browne).

Recognising Changes in Incidence and Prevalence (Susan Creighton).

Predicting Fatal Child Abu

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Early Prediction and Prevention of Child Abuse A Handbook

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