Child Abuse Quick Reference 3e: For Health Care, Social Service, and Law Enforcement Professionals

With this latest edition, Child Abuse Quick Reference remains the most detailed and convenient field guide to child maltreatment - ideal for professionals working directly with abused children. Medical practitioners, social workers, attorneys, law enforcement personnel, and others will find this easy-to-use guide essential to their work on the front lines of prevention and intervention in cases of child maltreatment.

Subjects include:
- Radiologic signs of abuse
- Abusive head injury and differential diagnoses
_ Bruises and burns caused by abuse or neglect
- Chemical abuse of children
- Sexual abuse, STDs, and pregnancy in children and adolescents
- Forensic interview protocols
- Evidence collection and documentation
- Neglect, abandonment, and failure to thrive
- Child death investigations
- Prevention of child maltreatment