Reducing governmental interventions in families by licensing parents

Child Psychiatry and Human Development

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 193-205

  Westman, Jack C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment Bonding; Child Abuse; Child Advocacy; Child Neglect; Children's Rights; Criminality; Families; Family Wage; Parental Rights; Parenting Standards; Poverty; Welfare Dependency

Indexed keywords

CHILD ABUSE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILD WELFARE; EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT; HUMAN; LAW; REARING; REVIEW; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0031052730     PISSN: 0009398X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02353698     Document Type: Review

References (7)

1. U.S. Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect: Child Abuse and Neglect: Critical First Steps in Response to a National Emergency. Washington, DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, No. 017-092-00104-5, 1990.
2. Westman, JC: Licensing Parents: Can We Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect? New York: Insight Books. pp. 56-74.
3. Wilson, JQ, Herrnstein, RJ: Criminals Born and Bred: Crime and Human Nature. New York: Simon & Schuster, p. 209, 1986.
4. Goldthorpe, JE: Family Life in Western Societies. Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, p. 251, 1987.
5. Christensen, B, Carlson, A, Vinovskis, M, Vedder, R, Elshtain, JB: The Family Wage: Work, Gender, and Children in the Modern Economy. Rockford, IL: The Rockford Institute, 1988.
6. Westman, JC: Licensing Parents: Can We Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect? New York: Insight Books, pp. 83-97, 1994.
7. Westman, JC: Licensing Parents: Can We Prevent Child Abuse and Neglect? Ibid, pp. 238-244.