The victimization of children : emerging issues by Mullings, Janet L; Marquart, James W. (James Walter), 1954-; Hartley, Deborah J instant download

The victimization of children : emerging issues by Mullings, Janet L; Marquart, James W. (James Walter), 1954-; Hartley, Deborah J instant download

1 online resource (xxvi, 330 pages) :, \"The Victimization of Children: Emerging Issues keeps students and practitioners working with young victims on the cutting edge of the latest research developments regarding crimes against children. Experts from the legal, medical, and sociological communities explore some of the most urgent issues involving child victims. This book provides insights into such contemporary issues as victimization of children via the Internet, short- and long-term effects of terrorism on children, and applying new technologies to understanding spatial distributions of child abuse. Researchers and practitioners in victim services, social work, mental health, public health, and criminal justice will all benefit from this useful resource.\"--Jacket, \"Co-published simultaneously as Journal of aggression, maltreatment & trauma, volume 8, numbers 1/2 (#15/16) and volume 8, number 3 (#17) 2003.\", Includes bibliographical references and index, EMERGING ISSUES IN CHILD VICTIMIZATION: Victimization of youth on the Internet / Kimberly J. Mitchell, David Finkelhor, Janis Wolak -- Children as victims of war and terrorism / Judith A. Myers-Walls -- No safe place: assessing spatial patterns of child maltreatment victimization / Derek J. Paulsen -- Religion-related child physical abuse: characteristics and psychological outcomes / Bette L. Bottoms, Michael Nielsen, Rebecca Murray, Henrietta Filipas -- The pedophile and the pious: towards a new understanding of sexually offending and non-offending Roman Catholic priests / Gerard J. McGlone -- RECENT TRENDS IN RESPONSE TO CHILD VICTIMIZATION: The role of health care professionals in the response of child victimization / Vicent J. Palusci -- Children with disabilities: abuse, neglect, and the child welfare system / Christina M. Bruhn -- EMERGING LEGAL ISSUES PERTAINING TO CHILD VICTIMIZATION: Fetal homicide: emerging statutory and judicial regulation of third-party assaults against the fetus / Jeff Maahs --