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Quick reference to child and adolescent forensics : a guide for nurses and other health care professionals / Mary E. Muscari, Kathleen M. Brown.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: New York : Springer Pub., c2010.Description: xix, 456 p. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780826124173 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 614/.1 22
LOC classification:
  • RA1053 .B763 2010
NLM classification:
  • W 700
Contents:
The effects of violence exposure on children -- Cultural aspects of forensic pediatrics -- Forensic assessment and documentation -- Principles of evidence -- Navigating the juvenile justice system -- Expert witness testimony -- Professional stress and burnout -- Child abuse -- Shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trauma -- Munchausen syndrome by proxy -- Sexual abuse -- Sexual exploitation -- Child abductions -- Psychological effects of victimization -- Children of incarcerated parents -- Juvenile delinquency -- Child delinquents -- Female delinquents -- Bullying -- School violence -- Juvenile animal cruelty -- Juvenile firesetting -- Gangs -- Juvenile sex offenders -- Dating violence -- Medicolegal child death investigation -- Sudden unexpected infant death -- Filicide -- Child and adolescent suicide -- Asphyxial "games" -- Homicide survivors.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The effects of violence exposure on children -- Cultural aspects of forensic pediatrics -- Forensic assessment and documentation -- Principles of evidence -- Navigating the juvenile justice system -- Expert witness testimony -- Professional stress and burnout -- Child abuse -- Shaken baby syndrome/abusive head trauma -- Munchausen syndrome by proxy -- Sexual abuse -- Sexual exploitation -- Child abductions -- Psychological effects of victimization -- Children of incarcerated parents -- Juvenile delinquency -- Child delinquents -- Female delinquents -- Bullying -- School violence -- Juvenile animal cruelty -- Juvenile firesetting -- Gangs -- Juvenile sex offenders -- Dating violence -- Medicolegal child death investigation -- Sudden unexpected infant death -- Filicide -- Child and adolescent suicide -- Asphyxial "games" -- Homicide survivors.

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