Childhood Denied

<b>Childhood Denied: Ending the Nightmare of Child Abuse and Neglect </b>is an exposé of how America ignores and often discards its most vulnerable children. Delving into the political legal and social factors of children at risk for abuse and neglect it chronicles the plight of abused children across the nation and provides a report card for each U.S. state. With a practical journalistic and social scientific approach this fervent book emboldens child welfare professionals government representatives lawmakers child attorneys law enforcers and the general public to respond more effectively and consistently to the needs of children at risk. <br /><br />