Child Maltreatment Law
Foundations in Science, Practice and Policy
Roger J.R. Levesque
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Child Maltreatment
Law: Foundations in Science, Practice, and Policy allows
students who are interested in real-life cases of child mistreatment
to analyze actions and decisions that have occurred in actual
courts. Roger Levesque uses closely edited cases and explanatory
notes to help readers understand each case’s significance and
relationship to other litigation. Levesque also references cases
that use social science evidence to evaluate how society, researchers,
and the law conceptualize and respond to child maltreatment.
Part I of Child Maltreatment Law explores how the legal
system defines what constitutes the major forms of maltreatment
deemed worthy of state intervention. Part II details the nature
of families assumed problematic and how the state directly intervenes
in families to address maltreatment conditions. Part III addresses
the challenges faced by legal reform efforts to stop and prevent
child maltreatment. The appendices assist those unfamiliar with
legal cases, legal terminology, the legal system, and the place
of social sciences in law. Together, the materials provide a
firm foundation for understanding key social science findings,
policy directions, and practices in child maltreatment law.
Roger J. R. Levesque received his JD from Columbia University
School of Law and his PhD in cultural psychology from the University
of Chicago. Prior to his appointment as Professor of Criminal
Justice at Indiana University, he was Professor of Psychology
and Law at the University of Arizona. He has published more
than 50 research and scholarly articles and 7 books, including
Child Sexual Abuse: A Human Rights Perspective and Culture
and Family Violence: Fostering Change through Human Rights Law.
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July 2002,
720 pp,
ISBN 0-89089-067-6
cloth
$80.00
Student $60.00
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