Each year, child protective services receive reports of child abuse and neglect involving six million children, and many more go unreported. The long-term human

Child Abuse and Neglect: Forensic Issues in Evidence, Impact and Management provides an overview of all aspects of child abuse and neglect, approaching the topi

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Research in child abuse has expanded dramatically since the first controlled studies were started in the mid-1970s. The fields of developmental psychology and c