The Smallest Victims: A History of Child Maltreatment and Child Protection in America
byHerbert C. Covey, PhD, is the Deputy Director of Human Services in Adams County Colorado. He has been professionally involved in child welfare for almost 30 years.
MLA
Covey, Herbert. The Smallest Victims: A History of Child Maltreatment and Child Protection in America. Praeger, 2018. ABC-CLIO, publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440860720.
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Covey, Herbert. The Smallest Victims: A History of Child Maltreatment and Child Protection in America. Praeger, 2018. http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440860720
APA
Covey, H. (2018). The Smallest Victims: A History of Child Maltreatment and Child Protection in America. Retrieved from http://publisher.abc-clio.com/9781440860720
- Description
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This book provides a review of how child maltreatment has been socially constructed, ignored, and formally responded to as it tells the story of how America's system of child protection has evolved. Additionally, it identifies key questions and related issues.
• Assumes a multidisciplinary approach to the complex topics of child maltreatment and child protection• Grounds an emotionally provocative social issue in history so that child abuse, exploitation, and fatalities due to maltreatment may be efficiently addressed and/or prevented
• Analyzes the history child trafficking and sex abuse in America, prominent contemporary problems
• Features images, case examples, and a timeline to help guide readers through the evolution of child maltreatment and protection in America
- Table of Contents
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Table of Contents
The Smallest Victims: A History of Child Maltreatment and Child Protection in America
Author(s): Covey, Herbert;Contributors: Covey, Herbert;Abstract:This book provides a review of how child maltreatment has been socially constructed, ignored, and formally responded to as it tells the story of how America's system of child protection has evolved. Additionally, it identifies key questions and related issues.
• Assumes a multidisciplinary approach to the complex topics of child maltreatment and child protection• Grounds an emotionally provocative social issue in history so that child abuse, exploitation, and fatalities due to maltreatment may be efficiently addressed and/or prevented
• Analyzes the history child trafficking and sex abuse in America, prominent contemporary problems
• Features images, case examples, and a timeline to help guide readers through the evolution of child maltreatment and protection in America
SortTitle: smallest victims: a history of child maltreatment and child protection in americaAuthor Info:Herbert C. CoveyauthorHerbert C. Covey, PhD, is the Deputy Director of Human Services in Adams County Colorado. He has been professionally involved in child welfare for almost 30 years.
eISBN-13: 9781440860720Cover Image URL: ~~FreeAttachments/9781440860720.jpgPrint ISBN-13: 9781440860713Imprint: PraegerPages: 312Publication Date: 20180720- Cover Cover11
- Title iii4
- Copyright iv5
- Contents vii8
- Preface ix10
- Acknowledgments xiii14
- Chapter 1: The Social Construction of Child Maltreatment 116
- The Social Construction of Reality 217
- Childhood as a Social Construct 419
- Child Maltreatment as a Social Construct 520
- Major Factors Shaping the Construction of Child Maltreatment 722
- Ages of Life and Age Stratification 823
- Changes in the Family Characteristics That Influenced Child Maltreatment 1025
- Influential Individuals 1328
- The Rise of Christianity and Its Impact on Child Maltreatment 1328
- The Role of Social Status and Poverty in the Social Construction of Maltreatment 1631
- Importance of Gender and the Treatment of Women to Child Maltreatment 2136
- The Importance of Legitimacy 2237
- The Influence of the Media 2338
- Concluding Observations 2540
- Chapter 2: Overview of Child Maltreatment 2944
- Defining Abuse and Maltreatment 2944
- The Social Construction of Child Maltreatment in Antiquity 3449
- The Rise of Christianity 3651
- The Social Construction of Child Maltreatment during the Middle Ages 3954
- Colonial 17th- and 18th-Century Whipping and Beating of Children 4459
- Maltreatment of Enslaved Children in America 4762
- The Social Construction of Child Maltreatment since the Late 19th Century 4964
- Issue of Mandatory Reporting 5166
- Closing Observations 5570
- Chapter 3: Child Fatalities Due to Maltreatment 5873
- The Improvement of Infant and Children’s Mortality Rates 6176
- Child Abandonment and Fatalities 6378
- Abandonment of Children in Early and Modern America 6479
- Intentional Child Fatalities in Antiquity 6580
- The Decline of Infanticide with the Rise of Christianity 6883
- Child Fatalities and Infanticide in 17th-, 18th-, and 19th-Century America 7287
- Child Fatalities Due to Maltreatment in the 20th Century 7489
- Concluding Observations 7691
- Chapter 4: The Exploitation of Children: Child Labor and Sexual Maltreatment 7893
- The Maltreatment of Child Laborers 7893
- Sexually Maltreated Children 93108
- The Sexual Abuse of Children in Antiquity 95110
- The Middle Ages and Sexual Maltreatment of Children 96111
- Children and Sexual Maltreatment from the 17th through the 19th Centuries 97112
- Special Meanings, Myths, and the Sexual Victimization of Children 101116
- The 20th-Century Movement to Protect Children from Sexual Maltreatment 103118
- Trends in the Construction of Sexual Maltreatment 109124
- Concluding Observations 110125
- Chapter 5: The Development of the Child Protection System before the 20th Century 111126
- The Principle of Parens Patriae 113128
- The Principle of Community Responsibility—English Poor Laws 114129
- The Principle of Local Control 115130
- The Principle of the Best Interests of the Child 117132
- Child Protection in Colonial America 118133
- Colonial Death Rates and Orphan Courts 121136
- Child Protection in the 19th Century 123138
- Early American Philanthropic Organizations 127142
- Milestone: Mary Ellen Wilson 130145
- 1877 to 1920 135150
- The Social Context of the Progressive Movement in America 136151
- The Progressives: Child-Savers 138153
- Characteristics of the Progressives 139154
- The Legacy of the Progressives 142157
- Concluding Observations 143158
- Chapter 6: The Development of the Child Protection System in the 20th and 21st Centuries 145160
- 1909: White House Conference on Children 148163
- 1919–1920: White House Conference on Children 150165
- The 1930s 152167
- The 1940s–1950s 154169
- The 1960s 155170
- The 1970s 158173
- The 1980s 160175
- The 1990s 163178
- 2000 and Forward 165180
- Selected Systemic Issues in Child Protection 167182
- Concluding Observations 174189
- Chapter 7: The Nexus of Parental Rights, Children’s Rights, and State Intervention 176191
- Parental Rights 177192
- Antiquity: The Cradle of Parental Rights 178193
- Parental Rights in Colonial America 179194
- 18th-Century American Childhood 181196
- 19th- and 20th-Century American Childhood 185200
- Parental Rights to Discipline and Punish Children, and the Issue of Corporal Punishment 186201
- Children’s Rights 189204
- The Question of Intervention and the Rights of Parents and Children 193208
- Intervention and Children’s Right to be Free from Maltreatment 194209
- Definitions of Maltreatment and Intervention 197212
- Child Maltreatment and Medical Intervention 198213
- Concluding Observations 199214
- Chapter 8: Out-of-Home Placement: When to Preserve Families or Remove Children 201216
- The Evolution of Out-of-Home Placements for Children in Europe 204219
- Out-of-Home Placements in Colonial America 206221
- 18th- and 19th-Century Child Removals 208223
- Almshouses 209224
- Houses of Refuge 211226
- Orphanages 216231
- Orphan Trains 220235
- The Rise of Foster Homes 222237
- Maltreatment of Children in Out-of-Home Placement 224239
- The 20th Century 226241
- Major Issues with Out-of-Home Placements 227242
- Concluding Observations 228243
- Appendix A: Important Figures in the History of Child Protection 231246
- Appendix B: Timeline 237252
- Notes 255270
- References 267282
- Index 283298
- About the Author 293308