Search Results - subject:"Abuse and neglect"

Milne, Alisoun - In: The Journal of Adult Protection 13 (2011) 1, pp. 53-56

Protecting my mother offers a moving account of a daughter's experiences of her mother's placement(s) in long term care and her exposure to poor care and/or abuse. The article highlights a number of the key features of the care of nursing home residents that need to addressed if standards are to...

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Economic Determinants and Consequences of Child Maltreatment

Berger, Lawrence M.; Waldfogel, Jane - Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs … - 2011

Substantial numbers of children in the advanced industrialized countries experience child abuse and neglect each year … research on the economic determinants and consequences of child abuse and neglect, drawing on theoretical and empirical studies … discussion of interventions to prevent abuse and neglect. We argue that results from a large number of studies clearly imply that …

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Leading the change from adult protection to safeguarding adults: more than just semantics

Reece, Andrew - In: The Journal of Adult Protection 12 (2010) 3, pp. 30-34

In many if not most areas of England, there has been a significant change in the language used to describe work with vulnerable adults. Most local councils have evolved their language from ‘protecting’ to ‘safeguarding’ vulnerable adults. This paper will argue that unless this is...

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Disproportionate representation of African-American children in foster care: Secondary analysis of the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System, 2005

Knott, Theresa; Donovan, Kirsten - In: Children and Youth Services Review 32 (2010) 5, pp. 679-684

conducted secondary analyses of the 2005 National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) on investigated reports of child … abuse and neglect that received a maltreatment disposition in the reporting year, 2005. NCANDS 2005 Child File reflects case …

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Violenza domestica contro le donne e le bambine

UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre - 2000

Questo numero di Innocenti Digest affronta il tema della violenza domestica, una delle forme globalmente più diffuse di violenza contro le donne e le ragazze, che però rimane relativamente nascosta e ignorata. Il problema della violenza domestica chiama in causa una varietà di ambiti: la...

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La violencia doméstica contra mujeres y niñas

UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre - 2000

Este número del Innocenti Digest afronta el tema de la violencia doméstica, una de las formas de violencia contra mujeres y niñas más difundidas a nivel mundial, aunque suele permanecer relativamente oculta e ignorada. La violencia doméstica es un problema que afecta numerosos campos: la...

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Violence domestique a l'égard des femmes et des filles

UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre - 2000

Ce digest souligne la violence domestique comme une des formes les plus répandues, même si elle est relativement occultée et méconnue, de la violence à l'égard des femmes et des filles au niveau mondial. La violence domestique est un problème qui concerne la santé, le droit, l'économie,...

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Domestic Violence against Women and Girls

Kapoor, Sushma - 2000

This Digest focuses on domestic violence as one of the most prevalent yet relatively hidden and ignored forms of violence against women and girls globally. Domestic violence is a health, legal, economic, educational, developmental and, above all, a human rights issue. The Digest looks at the...

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Cost Analysis of a Home Visiting Program to Cost Analysis of a Home Visiting Program to Cost Analysis of a Home Visiting Program to Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect

Boulatoff, Catherine; Jump, Vonda - EconWPA - 2005

the results of an economic cost evaluation of a countywide universal home visiting program to reduce child abuse and … neglect. Results indicate that the average cost amounted to $4,378/family/year. This includes an average of 2.1 visits by a …

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Maltratarea copilului intre cunoastere si interventie/ Abuse of the Child – Between Knowledge and Intervention (Romanian Version)

CONSTANTIN, Madalina (contributor) - Editura Lumen, Department of Economics

The volume presents a set of social psychological theories on the phenomenon of physical abuse and neglect of the child …

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