Victimology: Child Abuse and Exploited Children

The legal response to child abuse and neglect.

• The legal rights of parents and children - types of court intervention
• the media and contemporary approaches to child welfare.
  READINGS:

1. Crosson-Tower Ch. 9 & 12

• Crosson-Tower, C., (2013). Understanding Child Abuse and Neglect (9th ed). Pearson Allyn & Bacon.

1. Juvenile Crime Victims in the Justice System Finkelhor, Paschall, & Hashima (2001)
   Posting Assignment: Improving the quality of the justice System response to juvenile victims is one of the
   Purposes of this chapter. Critique the policy Questions raised by Finkelhor et al.

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