Quick Reference to Pediatric Forensics: A Guide for Nurses and Other Health Care Professionals
by Muscari, Mary E., Ph.D.Edition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-06-01
Publisher(s): SPRINGER PUB CO INC
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Summary
Health care practitioners frequently work with victims of child abuse, sexual assault, and juvenile offenders, but often lack the education and resources they need to deal with the everyday forensic issues of pediatric practice. This quick guide provides current information that assists pediatric practitioners with the prevention, identification, and management of pediatric victims and offenders.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. xi |
| Preface: The Forensic Aspects of Pediatrics | p. xiii |
| Acknowledgments | p. xix |
| General Principles | |
| The Effects of Violence Exposure on Children | p. 3 |
| Cultural Aspects of Forensics | p. 17 |
| Forensic Assessment and Documentation | p. 29 |
| Principles of Evidence | p. 43 |
| Navigating the Juvenile Justice System | p. 51 |
| Expert Witness Testimony | p. 59 |
| Professional Stress and Burnout | p. 69 |
| Children As Victims | |
| Child Abuse | p. 81 |
| Shaken Baby Syndrome/Abusive Head Trauma | p. 101 |
| Münchausen Syndrome by Proxy | p. 113 |
| Sexual Abuse | p. 123 |
| Sexual Exploitation | p. 139 |
| Child Abductions | p. 153 |
| Psychological Effects of Victimization | p. 171 |
| Children of Incarcerated Parents | p. 185 |
| Children As Offenders | |
| Juvenile Delinquency | p. 195 |
| Child Delinquents | p. 211 |
| Female Delinquents | p. 221 |
| Bullying | p. 229 |
| School Violence | p. 247 |
| Juvenile Animal Cruelty | p. 259 |
| Juvenile Firesetting | p. 269 |
| Gangs | p. 283 |
| Juvenile Sex Offenders | p. 299 |
| Dating Violence | p. 313 |
| Unnatural Deaths | |
| Medicolegal Child Death Investigation | p. 327 |
| Sudden Unexpected Infant Death | p. 345 |
| Filicide | p. 359 |
| Child and Adolescent Suicide | p. 369 |
| Asphyxial "Games" | p. 377 |
| Homicide Survivors | p. 385 |
| Forensic Glossary | p. 399 |
| Appendices | |
| Infant Developmental Milestones Important for Sudden Unexplained Infant Death Investigations | p. 411 |
| State Age Parameters in the Juvenile Justice System | p. 413 |
| Crime Victim Compensation Programs | p. 417 |
| Pediatric and Parent Assessments | p. 421 |
| Index | p. 437 |
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