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A Primer on Criminal Child Abuse and Neglect Law
Author(s) -
Abrams Douglas E.
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
juvenile and family court journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.155
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 1755-6988
pISSN - 0161-7109
DOI - 10.1111/jfcj.12006
Subject(s) - casebook , neglect , law , statutory law , criminal law , political science , child abuse , psychology , criminology , poison control , medicine , suicide prevention , psychiatry , medical emergency
This article surveys major aspects of criminal child abuse and neglect law encountered by judges, prosecutors and defense lawyers, child advocates, and child care professionals. The author, whose casebook, C hildren and the L aw: D octrine, P olicy and P ractice (West 4th ed. 2010) (with S arah H . R amsey), is required reading in law schools throughout the U nited S tates, analyzes both constitutional and statutory law.