Douglas J. Besharov, J.D., LL.M., is a Resident Scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, Washington, DC. He was the first director of the U.S. National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, from 1975 to 1979. His most recent book is Recognizing Child Abuse: A Guide for the Concerned (Free Press, 1990).
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