Child Abuse and Neglect

Gil D. G. Hearings before the US Senate Subcommittee on Children and Youth on the “Child Abuse Prevention Act.” (S. 1911, 93rd Congress, 1st Session) Washington, D.C., March 26, 1973. Reprinted in Journal of Child Psychology, 1973, 2 (3), 7–10.

Thomas S. B. Jr. , Statement before the Select Subcommittee on Education, Committee on Education and Labor, US House of Representatives. Washington, D.C., October 5, 1973.

American Psychological Association. Violence against children. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 1973, 2 (3). (A special issue devoted to child abuse and neglect.)

D'ambrosio R. No language but a cry. New York: Doubleday, 1970. (The case history of a 12 year old physically deformed, emotionally disturbed mute girl, abused by her alcoholic, mentally ill parents.)

Gil D. G. Violence against children: Physical child abuse in the United States. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1970.

Giovannoni J. M. Parental mistreatment: Perpetrators and victims. Journal of Marriage and the Family 1971, 33, 649–657.

Helfer R. E. , & Kempe C. H. (Eds.) The battered child. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1968.

Katz S. N. When parents fail: The law's response to family breakdown. Boston: Beacon Press, 1971.

Kellogg M. Like the lion's tooth. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1972. (A short novel describing the strained family relations and physical abuse of an 11 year old emotionally disturbed boy.)

Kempe C. H. , & Heifer R. E. (Eds.) Helping the battered child and his family. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1972.