Preventing Child Maltreatment: Community Approaches (Duke Series in Child Development and Public Policy PDF
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Preventing Child MaltreatMent Duke Series in Child Development and Public Policy Kenneth a. dodge and Martha Putallaz, Editors aggression, antisocial Behavior, and violence among girls: a developmental Perspective Martha Putallaz and Karen L. Bierman, Editors enhancing early attachments: theory, research, intervention, and Policy Lisa J. Berlin, Yair Ziv, Lisa Amaya-Jackson, and Mark T. Greenberg, Editors african american Family life: ecological and Cultural diversity Vonnie C. McLoyd, Nancy E. Hill, and Kenneth A. Dodge, Editors deviant Peer influences in Programs for Youth: Problems and Solutions Kenneth A. Dodge, Thomas J. Dishion, and Jennifer E. Lansford, Editors immigrant Families in Contemporary Society Jennifer E. Lansford, Kirby Deater-Deckard, and Marc H. Bornstein, Editors Understanding Peer influence in Children and adolescents Mitchell J. Prinstein and Kenneth A. Dodge, Editors Preventing Child Maltreatment: Community approaches Kenneth A. Dodge and Doriane Lambelet Coleman, Editors Preventing Child Maltreatment Community Approaches Edited by Kenneth a. dodge doriane laMBelet ColeMan Foreword by J. B. Pritzker the gUilFord PreSS new YorK london © 2009 The Guilford Press A Division of Guilford Publications, Inc. 72 Spring Street, New York, NY 10012 www.guilford.com All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher. Printed in the United States of America This book is printed on acid-free paper. Last digit is print number: 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Preventing child maltreatment : community approaches / edited by Kenneth A. Dodge, Doriane Lambelet Coleman. p. cm. — (Duke series in child development and public policy) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-59385-973-2 (hardcover) 1. Child abuse—United States. 2. Abused children—Services for—United States. 3. Social work with children—United States. I. Dodge, Kenneth A. II. Coleman, Doriane Lambelet. HV741P727 2009 362.76′709756—dc22 2008053346 about the editors Kenneth A. Dodge, PhD, is the William McDougall Professor of Public Policy Studies and Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke Uni- versity, where he is also Director of the Center for Child and Family Policy. He has been honored with the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from the American Psychological Association and the Senior Scientist Award from the National Institutes of Health. Doriane Lambelet Coleman, JD, is Professor of Law at Duke University, where she teaches courses and seminars on children and the law, among other topics. Her scholarship focuses on the impact of culture on the ways in which women and children are treated in the law. Her most recent work is concerned with child maltreatment in immigrant families and the legal ethics of pediatric research. v Contributors Robert T. Ammerman, PhD, ABPP, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio Pilar Baca, RN, MSN, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado Christina Christopoulos, PhD, Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina Robert Cole, PhD, School of Nursing, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York Doriane Lambelet Coleman, JD, Duke University Law School, Durham, North Carolina Deborah Daro, PhD, Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois Kenneth A. Dodge, PhD, Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina John Eckenrode, PhD, Family Life Development Center and Department of Human Development, College of Human Ecology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York Charles Henderson, MA, Department of Human Development, College of Human Ecology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York John Holmberg, PsyD, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado Harriet Kitzman, RN, PhD, School of Nursing, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York Cindy S. Lederman, JD, Juvenile Justice Center, 11th Judicial Circuit, Miami, Florida vii viii Contributors Dennis Luckey, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado Peter A. Margolis, MD, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio Gary B. Melton, PhD, Institute on Family and Neighborhood Life, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina Robert Murphy, PhD, Center for Child and Family Health, Durham, North Carolina, and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina Karen O’Donnell, PhD, Department of Pediatrics and Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, and Center for Child and Family Health, Durham, North Carolina David L. Olds, PhD, Departments of Pediatrics, Psychiatry, and Preventive Medicine, University of Colorado Denver School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado Ronald J. Prinz, PhD, Department of Psychology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina Frank W. Putnam, MD, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio Desmond Runyan, MD, DrPH, Departments of Social Medicine and Pediatrics, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Judith B. Van Ginkel, PhD, Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio Michael S. Wald, MA, JD, Stanford Law School, Stanford, California Jane Waldfogel, PhD, Columbia University School of Social Work, New York, New York Adam Zolotor, MD, MPH, Department of Family Medicine, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Foreword The physical maltreatment of young children in the United States is a social policy problem that leaves a moral blemish on our society and imposes a barrier to the economic growth of our citizenry. Ever since Dr. Henry Kempe alerted us all to the plight of the “battered syndrome” child over 35 years ago, the official rates of child maltreatment in the United States have been measured at tragically high levels. Every year in the United States, about a million children are officially substantiated as maltreated. Furthermore, every study conducted on the topic concludes that the actual rate of mal- treatment is far greater than official statistics tell us. In spite of governmental and philanthropic spending of millions of dol- lars and countless professionals trying their best to prevent children from being maltreated, it is not clear that we have yet learned how to keep our children safe from physical abuse and neglect. Heart-warming case stories and promising programs do provide some glimmers of hope, but we have not yet been successful in lowering the measured population rate of mal- treatment among our children. Of those programs that exist, few have been evaluated adequately, and those that have demonstrated some positive out- comes have been implemented only in small doses and consequently have not reached all of their targeted families. Moreover, communitywide efforts have been too sporadic and too poorly funded to yield any truly measurable impact. Nationwide campaigns are welcomed, but their aspirations exceed their realities. New approaches must be developed and evaluated rigorously, approaches that bring together leaders in science and our communities to forge effective strategies for pre- venting maltreatment of children. The focus of this volume is to bring together the best in scientific the- ory and evidence, stimulate thinking about community-based realities of the policy and practice world, determine the best utilization of the philan- thropic community, and generate new ideas that could achieve real-world ix
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