This book provides a focused and comprehensive overview of the status of children across society, with special reference to emerging features and measures of ch

This up-to-date and comprehensive resource by leaders in child welfare is the first book to reflect the impact of the Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) of 1

Using the Convention on the Rights of the Child as a framework, issues such as child trafficking, child soldiers, and child maltreatment are examined in nations

"Reports the results of the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being. Discusses implications and suggests alternatives for types of personal and famil

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