Child Abuse : Towards a knowledge base /
Brian Corby.
- 3rd ed.
- Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2006.
- viii, 300 p. ; 24 cm.
Previous ed.: 2000.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 268-292) and index.
This text provides an introduction to a range of knowledge which should be of importance to students and practitioners in the child protection field. It stresses the need to understand child abuse in a historical, social and political context.