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From
the Book --
Since 1986 when Death
From Child Abuse…and no one heard was first published, the national
tragedy of child abuse and neglect has grown despite increased public
awareness and the passing of federal and state child abuse prevention
legislation. In 2009, 1,770 children died in the U.S. as a result of
abuse or neglect – an increase of 55% over 1998. As this book
demonstrates, non-fatal abuse and neglect can also extract a tragic toll
for generations to
come. Much has improved since the murder of five-year-old Ursula
Sunshine As said. Awareness is up. Social services, judges, teachers and
law enforcement are better prepared to recognize abuse and are motivated
to act; and yet the grim statistics say it’s not enough. To eliminate
this scourge, we must go to the source. We must reach the abusers and
the victims….the potential abusers and the potential victims. We must
show them another way before it is too late and more lives are damaged
or lost. Part One of Death From Child Abuse…and no one heard tells the
poignant story of how society failed one little girl. Teachers and
neighbors were blind to her private hell or chose to look the other way.
Nobody took the simple steps that would have prevented her excruciating
death. This story incites a passion for justice in the reader’s heart.
But the book doesn’t stop there. Part Two provides guidance and
practical information. The energized reader becomes a soldier in the
fight to protect the helpless and dependent. This is a must read for
adolescents, students, parents, grandparents, teachers, law enforcement
and all others who would protect the innocent and foster a more healthy
society.
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Mary Ann Cooper and Jonathan Micocci
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