Children's Human Rights
by Joyce Apsel (Contribution by), Jaro Bilocerkowycz (Contribution by), Raymond L. Fitz (Contribution by), Jill Marie Gerschutz (Contribution by), Mary B. Geske (Contribution by), Margaret P. Karns (Contribution by), Ursula Kilkelly (Contribution by), Laura M. Leming (Contribution by), Richard Maclure (Contribution by), Theo J. Majka (Contribution by), Rosemary C. Sarri (Contribution by), Jeffrey J. Shook (Contribution by), Melvin Sotelo (Contribution by), Mark Ensalaco (Editor), Linda C. Majka (Editor)
ISBN-10: 0742529886
ISBN-13: 9780742529885
$62.00
Book Specs
Binding
Trade Paper
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published on
Jun 16, 2005
Edition
st Edition
Dimensions
6.09x0.60x9.15 Inches
Weight
0.87 Pounds
About the Book
Childrens human rights are regularly violated around the world. Child soldiers, child slavery, and child prostitution are some of the more graphic examples this books deals with, but hungry, sick, and orphaned children are equally at risk and more prevalent. In the United States, children suffer similar abuses, but some are unique to the United States justice system. Unlike most of the rest of the world, the U.S. is a well-developed western nation in which juvenile offenders can be tried as adults and subjected to capital punishment. This book brings together a wide array of original essays from a variety of academic and practitioner perspectives on human rights and the status of children. The details are disturbing the message, powerful We must vigorously extend the universal declaration of human rights to the most vulnerable humans of all--the children of the world, starting at home in the United States.