Child Abuse.

Starr, Raymond H.

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ERIC Number: EJ217104

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1979-Oct

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Child Abuse.

Starr, Raymond H.

American Psychologist, v34 n10 p872-78 Oct 1979

Reviews definitions, causal hypotheses, research, and information regarding incidence and treatment of child abuse. Discusses problems with screening, including poor validity of the measures utilized to predict abuse, invasion of family privacy, and the absence of adequate treatment and prevention programs. (GC)

Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Family Characteristics, Family Problems, Low Income Groups, Parent Child Relationship, Prevention, Research Reviews (Publications)

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - General

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Language: English

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