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Wasserman, Saul; Rosenfeld, Alvin – Child Welfare, 1986
Addressed to judges and the legal profession in juvenile justice, this article argues that social attachment theory, particularly parent-child bonding, can be valuable in conceptualizing child abuse and neglect and making decisions about intervention in child abuse and neglect cases. Three categories of deficient parent-child bonds are described…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Child Neglect, Child Psychology