The ISPCAN International Handbook of Child Abuse and Neglect
- 1st Edition - August 1, 2026
- Latest edition
- Editors: Kevin Lalor, John Fluke, Shanta R. Dube, Carmit Katz
- Language: English
The ISPCAN International Handbook of Child Abuse and Neglect offers a comprehensive examination of global knowledge on child maltreatment. In partnership with the Intern… Read more
Latter sections focus on the latest intervention and prevention strategies, critically evaluating their effectiveness across different settings. Concluding with insights into future directions, the book emphasizes emerging trends, innovative approaches, and the continual need for comprehensive research and policy development in this crucial field.
- Provides an in-depth examination of child maltreatment, including surveillance, risks, and consequences from a worldwide perspective
- Features detailed case studies from various regions, illuminating unique challenges and responses to different forms of child abuse
- Explores effective intervention and prevention methods, critically assessing their applicability in diverse contexts
- Highlights emerging trends and innovative approaches in child maltreatment research and policy, emphasizing the need for ongoing developments in the field
1. Keeping the promise: Investment in child protection and well-being as a key accelerator for achieving the Sustainable Development Goals
2. The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child - current challenges and priorities
3. Enhancing Surveillance to Obtain Valid and Reliable Global Estimates of Childhood Abuse & Neglect
4. International Surveillance and Evaluation of Childhood Abuse & Neglect: Perspectives from the World Health Organization (WHO)
5. Violence Against Children Surveys: Lessons Learned and Future Directions
6. Understanding risk and protective factors for child abuse and neglect
7. Mental and physical consequences of child maltreatment
Part 2: Contextual and Environmental Factors
8. Climate change and violence against children
9. The global shift from corporal punishment to positive discipline of children
10. Harmful cultural practices (FGM; child marriage): Progress and future challenges
11. Child maltreatment in religious contexts: Epidemiology, risks, consequences, and prevention
12. Safeguarding in sports against child abuse and neglect
Part 3: Understanding Different Forms of Abuse
13. Understanding Child Neglect: Current Insights and Future Directions
14. Sexual Exploitation and Sexual Abuse of Boys: A Global Perspective
15. Labor and sex trafficking of children and adolescents
16. Responding to the challenges of online CSA and exploitation in low- and middle-income countries
17. Child maltreatment fatalities and lessons from CDRs
18. Childhood emotional abuse - an overdue public health priority
Part 4: Regional Spotlight and Groups at enhanced Risk
19. European responses to violence against children
20. Driving Change in Far-East Asia Child Protection Systems through Collaboration
21. Child abuse in the Gulf States
22. Child abuse in the Caribbean and Central and South America
23. Implementing community-wide parenting support: A case example from South Africa
24. Violence against street children
25. At the margins of care: Systemic failures and violence against LGBTQ+ youth in the child protection system in three European countries
26. Building a global commitment to children in conflict and crisis: A historical trajectory of child protection in humanitarian action
27. Child maltreatment among children with disabilities
28. Schools and teachers as drivers of VAC in Africa
29. The abuse of children in residential alternative care
Part 5: Intervention and Prevention Strategies
30. Evidence-based treatment for children and adolescents who have experienced child maltreatment
31. Collaborative approaches to responding to child abuse: The CAC and Barnahus models
32. Decision Making and Assessment in Systems of Protection
33. Medical assessment of child maltreatment: Methods and considerations
34. Professional Training in Our Field: Key Challenges and Best Practices
35. Innovating Child Maltreatment Prevention: Challenges Ahead
Part 6: Future Directions/Innovative Approaches and Perspectives in Addressing Child Maltreatment
36. Protecting Children in the Digital Age: Project Case Studies
37. Multi-System Data to Monitor and Prevent Online Childhood Sexual Exploitation and Abuse: Insights from Childlight Research
38. Engaging youth in child welfare research: Insights and lessons learned
39. Your story matters: The Impact of Lived Experience on Service Policy, Design, and Delivery
40. Ethical aspects of research on child abuse
- Edition: 1
- Latest edition
- Published: August 1, 2026
- Language: English
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Kevin Lalor
KEVIN LALOR, PhD, is a psychology lecturer and has held numerous Head of Department and Head of School roles in TU Dublin, and its predecessor, Dublin Institute of Technology.
His research is primarily focused on child abuse and neglect since doctoral studies on the victimization of street children in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in the early 1990s. He has published a number of reviews on aspects of child abuse in sub-Saharan Africa and in Europe.
He is a member of the editorial boards of Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal and Children, Youth and Environments. He is a former editor of the Irish Journal of Applied Social Studies and is a member of the Research Ethics Committee of the National Society for the Protection of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) in the UK. He is the current President of ISPCAN (International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect).
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John Fluke
Dr. Fluke is Professor with Tenure at the Kempe Center with joint appointments in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Colorado School Of Medicine and the Department of Epidemiology at the Colorado School of Public Health. His research involves assessing and analyzing decision making in human services delivery systems. Recognized for his work in the areas of administrative data analysis, assessment, workload, and outcome measurement, he also works in the area Child Maltreatment epidemiology including work on data programs in several countries and the U.S. As a researcher in child welfare and children’s mental health, he concentrates on the application of data and research to guide policy and practice. Privileged to work with collaborators and mentees around the world, he has conducted research and evaluation at all levels of government, in the non-governmental sector, and with foundations, in the U.S. and internationally and published widely.
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Shanta R. Dube
Dr. Shanta R. Dube is a Professor (with tenure) and Director of the Master of Public Health Program, Department of Public Health, Levine College of Health Sciences, Wingate University. She is a behavioral and social epidemiologist spending her 25-year career on the epidemiology of ACEs and pathways to resiliency, with a focus on adult trauma survivors. Her research contributions from the CDC-Kaiser ACE Study gained national and international recognition across various sectors and led to the CDC award for scientific excellence. In 2007, she joined the CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health to lead a national surveillance program, which included the first reports on e-cigarette use. Shanta’s current focus is focused on ACEs advocacy. She is actively engaged in developing and evaluating programs for substance use disorders, such as the opioid epidemic, using an ACEs science and trauma-informed framework. She is also actively researching the use of digital health applications for promoting health and well-being in populations.
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