Child abuse in the Deep South : geographical modifiers of abuse characteristics /

Child abuse in the Deep South : geographical modifiers of abuse characteristics / Lee W. Badger [and others. - Tuscaloosa : Published for the Institute for Social Science Research by the University of Alabama Press, (c)1988. - 1 online resource (ix, 161 pages) : illustrations - Monograph series ; 2 .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Tables; Figures; Preface; Part One: Historical Perspectives and Current Understandings; 1. The Problem of Definitions; 2. Physical Child Abuse; 3. Sexual Child Abuse; Part Two: Child Abuse in Alabama: An Epidemiological Investigation; 4. The Context and Methodology of the Study ; 5. Social and Cultural Modifiers of Reporter and Caseworker Determinations; 6. The Sources of Reports; 7. Results of the Study: The State; 8. The Ecological Context of Physical Abuse; 9. The Ecological Context of Sexual Abuse; Epilogue; Appendixes; References; Index.

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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Child abuse--Alabama.
Child abuse--Alabama--Statistics.
Victims of crimes surveys--Alabama.
City dwellers.
Rural population.
Child abuse.

Alabama Children Abuse Geographical factors


Electronic Books.

HV6626 / .C455 1988