Legal Issues in Child Abuse and Neglect Practice

2. Auflage 1998
ISBN: 978-0-7619-1666-6
Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc.

Buch, Englisch, Band 1, 424 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 691 g

Reihe: Interpersonal Violence: The Practice Series

This expanded and updated edition of Legal Issues in Child Abuse and Neglect Practice will familiarize professionals from medicine, nursing, psychology, social work, and related disciplines with the innumerable legal implications in their day-to-day work. Offering a state-of-the-art exploration of the role that law can play in cases of child maltreatment, this edition closes the communication gap between legal and helping professionals that sometimes reduces efficacy and cooperation in achieving the common goal of improving the lives of victimized children. This new edition continues to provide vital information to non-lawyers regarding how the legal system works in child maltreatment cases. John E. B. Myers discusses the prevalence and effects of child maltreatment, and he outlines the child protection system with clarity. Other areas covered include the investigation and reporting laws, issues of confidentiality and disclosure, expert testimony, cross examination and impeachment, and the liability of professionals.

Legal Issues in Child Abuse and Neglect Practice is a must-read for mental health and legal professionals, health care providers, educators, and child advocates. Advanced clinical and legal students as well as academics and researchers will also find this material essential.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Myers, John E. B.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Kriminalsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik: Familie, Kinder, Jugendliche

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Prevalence and Effects of Child Maltreatment
The Child Protection System
Child Abuse Reporting Laws
Investigative Interviewing Regarding Child Maltreatment
Investigating Suspected Child Abuse
Balancing the Need for Confidentiality and the Requirements of Disclosure
Expert Testimony
Cross-Examination and Impeachment
Special Accommodations When Children Testify
Liability of Professionals

Über Autor(innen)

Myers, John E. B.
John E.B. Myers, J.D. is a Distinguished Professor and Scholar at the University of the Pacific McGeorge School of Law in Sacramento, California. He is the author or editor of eight books and more than 100 articles and chapters on child maltreatment and his writing has been cited by more than 140 courts, including the United States Supreme Court. John is a frequent speaker at conferences, having made more than 400 presentations around the world.