Library Guides: Self Help: Child Abuse

In the Library--CHILD ABUSE

Child Abuse by William A. Check; Dale C. Garell (Editor); Solomon H. Snyder (Editor); Robert W. Blum (Editor); Charles E. Irwin (Editor); LLoyd J. Kolbe (Editor); Jordan J. Popkin (Editor); Joseph L. Rauh (Editor)
ISBN: 9780791000434
Publication Date: 1989-03-01
Discusses the forms of child abuse, its historical and cultural context, and society's methods of dealing with it.
A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer
ISBN: 9780606227810
Publication Date: 1995-01-01
A Child Called "It" is an account of one of the most severe child abuse cases in California history. It is the story of Dave Pelzer, who was brutally beaten and starved by his emotionally unstable, alcoholic mother: a mother who played torturous, unpredictable games - games that left him nearly dead. He had to learn how to play his mother's games in order to survive because she no longer considered him a son, but a slave; and no longer a boy, but an "it."--Back cover
Recognizing Child Abuse by Douglas J. Besharov
ISBN: 9780029030820
Publication Date: 1990-10-01
With special attention paid the unfounded reports, former director of the U.S. National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect Douglas J. Bersharov shares analysis on the strengths and weakness in America's fight against childhood abuse and neglect. Discussing progress made in recognizing and combating child abuse in the late 1990s, Recognizing Child Abuse analyzes what approaches are most successful in the fight against childhood abuse and neglect. With recognition of the thousands of children saved from death and serious injury because of these preventative measures, Douglas J. Bersharov shares reports, charts, and analysis on how professionals and care takers alike can work to recognize and interfere with unsafe situations for children.
The Seduction of Children by Chrissie Sanderson
ISBN: 9781280262234
Publication Date: 2004-01-01
This highly accessible and informative book offers practical strategies for the protection of children that all parents, teachers, and anyone involved in the life of a child will find indispensable. Providing the reader with an understanding of typical/normative sexual development in children, Christiane Sanderson enables parents and teachers to distinguish this from atypical sexual development and recognize the warning signs of sexual abuse.

eBooks

Within Our Reach: a National Strategy to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities by Commission ro Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities (U.S.); David Sanders (Other Primary Creator)
ISBN: 9780160932243
Publication Date: 2016-03-31
"Within Our Reach: A National Strategy to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities" is the final report of the Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities, as mandated by the Protect Our Kids Act of 2012. This report discusses the Commission's findings and presents both a comprehensive national strategy for fundamental reform and recommendations specific to populations in need of special attention, including children currently known to child protective services agencies and at high risk for fatality, American Indian/Alaska Native children, and African American children.
Analysis of the Incest Trauma by Arnold W. Rachman; Susan A. Klett
ISBN: 9781782202219
Publication Date: 2015-07-14
Childhood sexual abuse within the family of origin and society's institutions, such as the church, education, sports, and the world of celebrity, has been neglected as a significant issue by psychoanalysis and society. The incest trauma needs to be understood as one of the most significant problems of contemporary society.
Beyond Blame by Peter Reder; Sylvia Duncan; Moira Gray
ISBN: 9780203977552
Publication Date: 2005-09-29
What can we learn from inquiries into cases of fatal child abuse? Beyond Blame offers a new way of looking at such cases and shows that it is possible to draw important lessons from them. The authors, all three experienced in child protection work, summarise thirty-five major inquiries since 1973, setting them in their social context and discussing the implications both for practical work in the field and for future inquiries. They stress the need for those who work day to day in child protection to develop and apply a more sophisticated level of analysis to assessment and intervention. They identify common themes within abusing families, in the relationships between members of the professional networks, and in the interactions between the families and the professionals.
Understanding Child Abuse and Neglect
ISBN: 9780585021669
Publication Date: 1993-01-01
The tragedy of child abuse and neglect is in the forefront of public attention. Yet, without a conceptual framework, research in this area has been highly fragmented. Understanding the broad dimensions of this crisis has suffered as a result. This new volume provides a comprehensive, integrated, child-oriented research agenda for the nation. This volume will be useful to organizations involved in research, social service agencies, child advocacy groups, and researchers.

Statistically Speaking

Texas leads nation in child abuse deaths

Bexar County has the fourth highest number of confirmed victims of child abuse and neglect in the state, with more than 15,000 cases investigated in 2017 — and 6,175 confirmed victims of child abuse and neglect in Bexar County — up almost 36 percent from 2014 and an increase of nearly 1,000 from 2016.

Local Assistance

Our mission is to restore dignity, hope, and trust to children traumatized by abuse and neglect.

As the only Children’s Advocacy Center in Bexar County, we provide expert care and specialized services to children and adolescents who have been traumatized by abuse, neglect, or sexual abuse.

Restoring innocence. Ending the cycle of abuse.

The Children’s Shelter puts children first by providing a safe, trauma-focused place for children in crisis whether the need is for immediate shelter, residential treatment, foster or adoptive homes. We work to strengthen families in order to Restoring innocence. Ending the cycle of abuse.

Our mission is to provide the tools to mend their bodies and restore their dignity, their hope, and possibilities to attain self-sufficiency without abuse. That mission includes reaching out to all sectors in our community, to share our knowledge and experience, so we may enlist them in doing their share to address the intolerable increasing incidence of domestic violence. Some of our most important work has been done with children. It is with children that we have the best chance to address the generational nature of domestic violence. At the same time, we remain sharply focused in the provision of services that challenge the abusive attitudes of perpetrators, in cooperation with the justice system.

Military Veterans Against Child Abuse is a 501(c)3 non profit organization whose mission is to educate young children, parents, child care providers, teachers and the community as a whole about child safety and child abuse prevention through educational material, activities, seminars and advocacy.

Our vision is a world where children feel safe and unafraid because they have been given the information and tools to make smart and empowered choices.

Database/Online Source Search Terms

Child neglect

Child sexual abuse

Domestic violence

Child maltreatment

Child abuse and psychology

Parent-child relationships

eVideos

Boys and Men Healing

Boys and Men Healing is a documentary about the impact the sexual abuse of boys has on both the individual and society, and the importance of healing and speaking out for male survivors to end the devastating effects. The film portrays courageous non-offending men whose arduous healing helped them reclaim their lives—while giving them a powerful voice to speak out, and take bold action toward prevention for other boys.

Recognizing Child Abuse: Physical, Emotional, and Sexual

eVideo series includes:

Recognizing Physical Abuse

Neglect & Emotional Abuse

Sexual Abuse

On the Web

DoSomething.org is mobilizing young people in every US area code and in 131 countries! Sign up for a volunteer, social change, or civic action campaign to make real-world impact on a cause you care about.

TexProtects was created to tackle issues of CPS reform, prevention and public awareness to bring a collective, organized voice representing the needs of children at risk of abuse and survivors of child abuse and neglect. The organization is autonomous and nonpartisan, designed to educate decision-makers, private funders and the public at large. To date, it is the only Texas organization with a dedicated focus on the issues of protection, prevention, and healing of abused and neglected children.

Databases @ Ozuna Library/Full Tex

MEDLINE

Academic Search Complete

Criminal Justice

Opposing Viewpoints

Psychology and Behavioral Science