| Books by Douglas J. Besharov |
| Joseph J. and Violet Jacobs Scholar in Social Welfare Studies |
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Combating Child Abuse
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| Posted: Saturday, January 1, 2000 |
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This book discusses signs of and reasons behind child abuse, as well as the welfare system and social and individual responsibility.
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Breaking the Welfare Cycle
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| Posted: Saturday, January 1, 2000 |
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This book examines social and individual responsibility and how it relates to welfare.
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Recognizing Child Abuse
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| Posted: Saturday, January 1, 2000 |
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This concise guide explains both responsibilities and legal liabilities in identifying and reporting possible child abuse.
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Legal Services for the Poor
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| Posted: Saturday, January 1, 2000 |
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This book documents the program's declining productivity and apparent unresponsiveness to the legal needs of poor people--especially single mothers and their children.
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What We Know about Child Support Enforcement
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| Posted: Saturday, January 1, 2000 |
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This book discusses how child support can be enforced and how it pertains to social and individual responsibility.
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Protecting Children from Abuse and Neglect
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| Posted: Saturday, January 1, 2000 |
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This book examines methods for child abuse reporting and investigation.
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Child Abuse
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| Posted: Saturday, January 1, 2000 |
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This book examines policy guidelines for child abuse reporting and investigation.
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The Vulnerable Social Worker
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| Posted: Saturday, January 1, 2000 |
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Children with learning disabilities often find the passage from youth to adulthood painful and perplexing.
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The Maltreated Child
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| Posted: Saturday, January 1, 2000 |
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This book analyzes maltreated children and social and individual responsiblity.
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| Research Areas |
| Education (vocational, high-school counseling, Affirmative Action, and student aid) |
| Poverty (trends, causes, and remedies) |
| Welfare reform (job training and program evaluation) |
| Families (marriage, divorce, same-sex marriage, and nonmarital births) |
| Child abuse/child welfare (foster care and delinquency) |
| Preschool and child care (Head Start) |
| Race and ethnicity (Affirmative Action and black middle class) |
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| Welfare Reform Academy |
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| Contact Information |
Douglas J. Besharov
American Enterprise Institute
1150 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-862-5904
Fax: 202-862-5802
E-mail: DBesharov@aei.org
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Family and Child Well-Being after Welfare Reform
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| This book explores how low-income children and their families are faring in the wake of welfare reform. [Read More] |
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