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BATTERING CHILD

NCJ Number
14719
Journal
Criminologist Volume: 8 Issue: 27 Dated: (WINTER 1973) Pages: 26-33
Author(s)
L ADELSON
Date Published
1973
Length
8 pages
Annotation
CASE STUDIES OF FIVE INFANT HOMICIDES BY BLUNT INSTRUMENT COMMITTED BY ASSAILANTS WHO RANGED IN AGE FROM TWO AND A HALF TO EIGHT YEARS.
Abstract
THE CONCLUSION THAT THE FATAL INJURY HAD BEEN INFLICTED BY THE CHILDREN WAS REACHED ONLY AFTER ADULT INVOLVEMENT HAD BEEN EXCLUDED BY THOROUGHGOING STUDY OF EACH CASE FROM THE POLICE AND FORENSIC PATHOLOGIC STANDPOINTS. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)