577 pages, 1613 images, 22 contributors
Child Maltreatment: A Comprehensive Photographic Reference Identifying Potential Child Abuse include forensic photodocumentation from physical examinations of abused children, crime scene documentation and recreations taken by law enforcement officials, and autopsy photos demonstrating fatal physical trauma. This diverse collection of investigative photodocumentation is an essential visual reference for professionals who work with abused children and children presenting with injuries suggestive of abuse or neglect.
The authors of this comprehensive photographic atlas include comprise a team of medical doctors and nurses, forensic pathologists, law enforcement personnel, therapists, and victim counselors. With their combined resources and expertise, they designed Child Maltreatment: A Comprehensive Photographic Reference Identifying Potential Child Abuse to support their colleagues in field investigations, care for, and the prevention of child maltreatment. This exhaustive photographic reference is an invaluable tool for professionals responding to child maltreatment and for the children, families, and communities they serve.
Table of Content
1. Bruises and Other Skin Injuries
2. Burns, Part 1
Burns, Part 2
3. Head Injuries
4. Thoracoabdominal Trauma
5. Oral Injuries
6. Ophthalmology
7. Radiology
8. Sexual Abuse
9. Neglect
10. The Medical Examiner
11. Police Investigations
12. Drawing
13. Photodocumentation
14. Physical Abuse Documentation
15. Equipment for the Documentation of Sexual Abuse
16. Documentation of Neglect
17. Demonstrations
18. Prevention
19. Resources and Settings in the Field of Child Maltreatment
About the author
Randell Alexander is a professor of pediatrics at the University of Florida and the Morehouse School of Medicine. He currently serves as chief of the Division of Child Protection and Forensic Pediatrics and interim chief of the Division of Developmental Pediatrics at the University of Florida-Jacksonville. He is the statewide medical director of child protections teams for the Department of Health’s Children’s Medical Services and is part of the International Advisory Board for the National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome. He has also served as vice chair of the US Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect, on the American Academy of Pediatrics Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect, and the boards of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) and Prevent Child Abuse America. He is an active researcher, lectures widely, and testifies frequently in major child abuse cases throughout the country.
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