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The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self
The Drama of the Gifted Child: The Search for the True Self
by Alice Miller
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Why are many of the most successful people plagued by feelings of emptiness and alienation? This wise and profound book has provided thousands of readers with an answer—and has helped them to apply it to their own lives.Far too many of us had to... (read more)

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Making an Issue of Child Abuse : Political Agenda Setting for Social Problems (84 Edition)
Making an Issue of Child Abuse : Political Agenda Setting for Social Problems (84 Edition)
by Barbara J. Nelson
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In this absorbing story of how child abuse grew from a small, private-sector charity concern into a multimillion-dollar social welfare issue, Barbara Nelson provides important new perspectives on the process of public agenda setting. Using extensive... (read more)

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Thou Shalt Not Be Aware : Society's Betrayal of the Child (98 Edition)
Thou Shalt Not Be Aware : Society's Betrayal of the Child (98 Edition)
by Alice Miller
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This groundbreaking classic of child-rearing, originally published in 1984, exploded Freud's notions of "infantile sexuality" and helped bring to the world's attention the brutal reality of child abuse.... (read more)

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Nobody's Children : Abuse and Neglect, Foster Drift, and the Adoption Alternative (99 Edition)
Nobody's Children : Abuse and Neglect, Foster Drift, and the Adoption Alternative (99 Edition)
by Elizabeth Bartholet
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Elizabeth Bartholet is a professor at Harvard Law School. Her first book, Family Bonds: Adoption, Infertility, and the New World of Child Reproduction, was called "brilliant . . . an intelligent and passionate exploration of the legal, racial, and... (read more)

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Child Abuse and Culture : Working With Diverse Families (05 Edition)
Child Abuse and Culture : Working With Diverse Families (05 Edition)
by Lisa Aronson Fontes
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This expertly written book provides an accessible framework for culturally competent practice with children and families in child maltreatment cases. Numerous workable strategies and concrete examples are presented to help readers address cultural... (read more)

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Legal Issues in Child Abuse and Neglect Practice (2ND 98 Edition)
Legal Issues in Child Abuse and Neglect Practice (2ND 98 Edition)
by John E. B. Myers
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This expanded and updated Second Edition of Legal Issues in Child Abuse and Neglect Practice offers a state-of-the-art exploration of what role the law can play in bettering the lives of victimized children. While all who work with abused children share... (read more)

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Ghosts from the Nursery: Tracing the Roots of Violence
Ghosts from the Nursery: Tracing the Roots of Violence
by Robin Karr Morse
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Although violent behavior has typically been traced to adolescence, "Ghosts from the Nursery" points to the cradle years as the genesis of this problem.... (read more)

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Threatened Children : Rhetoric and Concern About Child-victims (90 Edition)
Threatened Children : Rhetoric and Concern About Child-victims (90 Edition)
by Joel Best
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Child abuse, incest, child molestation, Halloween sadism, child pornography: although clearly not new problems, they have attracted more attention than ever before. Threatened Children asks why. Joel Best analyzes the rhetorical tools used by child... (read more)

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The Battered Child
The Battered Child
by Mary Edna Helfer
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First published in 1968, The Battered Child quickly became a landmark work. Our awareness of child abuse today is due in no small part to the remarkable impact of its first and subsequent editions. The new edition of this classic text continues the... (read more)

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Online Learning
Online Learning
by Nada Dabbagh
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"...its major strength is that it coordinates research with practical concerns about online learning in a systematic way." — David VanEsselstyn, Ph.D., Long Island University, C. W. Post Campus "The ...text provides more in-depth coverage of online... (read more)

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Child Abuse : New Directions in Prevention and Treatment (97 Edition)
Child Abuse : New Directions in Prevention and Treatment (97 Edition)
by Robert J Mcmahon
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Experts in both child physical and sexual abuse are brought together in this volume, which focuses on both child and adult survivors. Contributors explore innovative treatment and prevention approaches, such as school and community violence prevention... (read more)

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Recognition of Child Abuse for the Mandated Reporter (3RD 02 Edition)
Recognition of Child Abuse for the Mandated Reporter (3RD 02 Edition)
by Angelo P. Giardino
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Completely updated, this widely acclaimed practical reference helps professionals fulfill their legal and ethical responsibility to report child abuse with a high level of confidence and effectiveness. Written by experts from multiple disciplines, this... (read more)

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Deshaney Case (07 Edition)
Deshaney Case (07 Edition)
by Lynne Curry
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"Poor Joshua!" lamented Justice Harry Blackmun in his famous dissent. "Victim of repeated attacks by an irresponsible, bullying, obviously cowardly, and intemperate father, and abandoned by respondents who placed him in a dangerous predicament and who... (read more)

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Family Violence, Volume I : Child Maltreatment (99 Edition)
Family Violence, Volume I : Child Maltreatment (99 Edition)
by James M. Makepeace
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A collection of readings from interdisciplinary materials. The material is geared toward advanced undergraduate courses as well as graduate courses in sociology, social work, or other courses where the study of family violence is a major component. Major... (read more)

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Violence and Abuse Issues (09 Edition)
Violence and Abuse Issues (09 Edition)
by Lee Ann Hoff
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After centuries of being considered a private matter in most societies, violence and its profound effect on the physical health, mental health, and social well-being of victims and their families, as well as on the assailants themselves, has started to... (read more)

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Tender Mercies : Inside the World of a Child Abuse Investigator (Rev 98 Edition)
Tender Mercies : Inside the World of a Child Abuse Investigator (Rev 98 Edition)
by Keith N. Richards
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This first-person, emotional account of a child protective services worker in New York State gives the reader an intimate look at all aspects of handling child abuse cases: interviewing parents, talking to abused children removed from their parents' care,... (read more)

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Child Maltreatment (2ND 07 Edition)
Child Maltreatment (2ND 07 Edition)
by Cindy Miller-perrin
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<p>Praise for the <em>First Edition</em>:</p><p><em>"Child Maltreatment: An Introduction is the only textbook currently available that is suitable for undergraduate students and provides a comprehensive introduction to... (read more)

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Burned Alive: A Survivor of an "Honor Killing" Speaks Out
Burned Alive: A Survivor of an "Honor Killing" Speaks Out
by Souad
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When Souad was seventeen she fell in love. In her West Bank village, as in so many others, sex before marriage is considered a grave dishonor to one's family and is punishable by death. This was her crime. Her brother-in-law was given the task of meting... (read more)

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Protecting Our Children: Understanding and Preventing Abuse and Neglect in Early Childhood (10 Edition)
Protecting Our Children: Understanding and Preventing Abuse and Neglect in Early Childhood (10 Edition)
by Sharon Hirschy
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This text is appropriate for all "Issues in early childhood education" courses as well as "child abuse and prevention courses" in an ECE (Early Childhood Education) program. Some states such as Texas, Illinois, and North Carolina require this course to... (read more)

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Introduction To Working With Survivors of Childhood Trauma (08 Edition)
Introduction To Working With Survivors of Childhood Trauma (08 Edition)
by Carolyn Knight
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INTRODUCTION TO WORKING WITH ADULT SURVIVORS OF CHILDHOOD TRAUMA: TECHNIQUES AND STRATEGIES represents the first primer for practice with survivors of childhood trauma. Author, professor, and practicing social worker Carolyn Knight teaches you the... (read more)

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