Child abuse in the Deep South : geographical modifiers of abuse characteristics /
The recognition of child abuse as a troubling social and public health problem along with the documentation required by mandatory reporting laws have made possible the epidemiological investigation of risk factors association with child abuse. Child Abuse in the Deep South is a study of physical and...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Tuscaloosa :
Published for the Institute for Social Science Research by the University of Alabama Press,
©1988
Tuscaloosa : c1988 |
| Series: | Monograph series (University of Alabama. Institute for Social Science Research) ;
2 Monograph series (University of Alabama. Institute for Social Science Research) 2 |
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| Summary: | The recognition of child abuse as a troubling social and public health problem along with the documentation required by mandatory reporting laws have made possible the epidemiological investigation of risk factors association with child abuse. Child Abuse in the Deep South is a study of physical and sexual child abuse designed to measure the incidence of child abuse and neglect in the state of Alabama, identify the characteristics of confirmed abuse, and test the hypothesis that community size is a key, predictive variable in the surveillance, reporting, and caseworker determination of abuse |
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| Item Description: | Description based on print version record |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 161 p.) : ill., forms 1 online resource (ix, 161 pages) : illustrations |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002 Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Bibliography: p. 154-158 Includes bibliographical references (pages 154-158) and index |
| ISBN: | 0817389857 9780817389857 |
| Access: | License restrictions may limit access |