Child Maltreatment: An Introduction - Softcover

Miller-Perrin, Cindy L.; Perrin, Robin D. (Dale)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1412926688 ISBN 13: 9781412926683

Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc, 2006

Synopsis

Thoroughly updated and expanded, the Second Edition of Child Maltreatment: An Introduction disseminates current knowledge about the various types of violence against children. Uniquely offering both a psychological and sociological focus, this core text helps students understand more fully the etiology, prevalence, treatment, policy issues, and prevention of child maltreatment.

About this title

About the Author:

Cindy L. Miller-Perrin is currently Professor of Psychology and Blanche E. Seaver Professor of Social Science at Pepperdine University in Malibu, California. She is also a clinical child psychologist and has worked with developmentally delayed, maltreated, and other troubled children and their families. She has coauthored three books, including Child Sexual Abuse: Sharing the Responsibility (with S. Wurtele, 1992), Child Maltreatment: An Introduction (with R. Perrin, Sage, 1999, 2007), and Family Violence Across the Lifespan (with O. Barnett & R. Perrin, Sage 1997, 2005, 2011). She is also the author or coauthor of numerous articles and book chapters on topics including child sexual abuse prevention, perceptions associated with child maltreatment, family violence, and psychology and religion. She enjoys teaching and researching with undergraduates and is the recipient of the 2008 Howard A. White Award for Teaching Excellence. She received her doctorate from Washington State University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1412926688
• ISBN 13: 9781412926683
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 496