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BL
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597260
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b426479
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| Main Entry
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Levesque, Roger J. R
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| Title & Author
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Child maltreatment and the law : returning to first principles /\ Roger J.R. Levesque
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Springer,, c2008
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| Page. NO
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1 online resource (viii, 217 p.)
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| ISBN
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9780387799186
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: 0387799184
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9780387799179
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0387799176
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-208) and index
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| Contents
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The increasing curious response to children's harms -- The legal regulation of family life -- Legal responses to child maltreatment -- Returning to child welfare law's foundations -- Appendices
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| Abstract
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Analyzes the role legal systems play in family life and traces evolving legal concepts as they apply to child protection. This book helps readers: navigate the various layers of legal regulation - federal and state - involved in child protection and family life
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| Subject
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Child abuse-- Law and legislation-- United States
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| LC Classification
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KD7974.L48 2008
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