ABUSED CHILDREN - CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY (BELGIUM) - CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS, CHARLEROI, BELGIUM, MARCH, 1970

• NCJ Number: 27114
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1971
• Length: 142 pages
• Corporate Author: Avenue Jeanne, 44
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Conference Material
• Language: French
• Country: Belgium

Annotation

PAPERS AND DISCUSSION BY BELGIUM PRACTITIONERS ON THE CAUSES, DETECTION, MEDICAL TREATMENT, SOCIAL INTERVENTION, AND PREVENTION OF CHILD ABUSE.

Abstract

PARTICIPANTS AT THE CONFERENCE INCLUDED PHYSICIANS, PSYCHIATRISTS, JOURNALISTS, SOCIAL WORKERS, AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE PERSONNEL. THE DISCUSSION EMPHASIZED THE PROBLEM OF DETECTING AND REPORTING CHILD ABUSE CASES AND THE NEED FOR A MULTIDISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO TREATMENT. MEDICAL NATURE OF CASES IN BELGIUM AND COMPARATIVE INFORMATION ON CASES IN FRANCE AND THE UNITED STATES ARE COVERED. --IN FRENCH