NCJ Number
26797
Editor(s)
A W FRANKLIN
Date Published
1975
Length
203 pages
Annotation
TWENTY-SIX PAPERS COVERING THE CAUSES AND INCIDENCE OF CHILD BATTERING, THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF VARIOUS AGENCIES IN THE MANAGEMENT, CARE AND TREATMENT OF FAMILIES INVOLVED IN BATTERING, AND POSSIBLE PREVENTIVE MEASURES.
Abstract
IN AN AGE IN WHICH INCREASINGLY GREATER EFFORTS ARE BEING DIRECTED AT PROVIDING AN ENVIRONMENT FIT AND SAFE FOR THE REARING OF CHILDREN, SOCIETY VIEWS WITH PARTICULAR ABHORRENCE, AND HOPEFULLY NOW WITH DEEPER INTEREST, THOSE PARENTS WHO TURN AGAINST THEIR CHILDREN AND DO THEM HARM. THE AIM OF ALL ATTEMPTS TO FATHOM SUCH ACTIONS MUST BE PREVENTION. BUT SUCCESSFUL PREVENTION REQUIRES THAT SOCIETY RECOGNIZE THE MANY CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH IN VARIOUS COMBINATIONS LEAD FAMILIES INTO DEPRIVATION AND ABUSE. THE TUNBRIDGE WELLS STUDY GROUP WAS FORMED TO PROVIDE AN OPPORTUNITY FOR THE EXCHANGE OF IDEAS AND SHARING OF EXPERIENCE BETWEEN THE PEOPLE MOST DIRECTLY CONCERNED WITH THE PROBLEM - DOCTORS, SOCIAL WORKERS, POLICE OFFICERS, ATTORNEYS, JUDGES, AND OTHERS. THE FIRST MEETING OF THESE PROFESSIONALS YIELDED 26 PAPERS WHICH ARE PRESENTED IN THIS BOOK IN THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS: MEDICAL, SOCIAL WORK, POLICE, LEGAL AND EDUCATIONAL. THE APPENDIXES DESCRIBE PROPOSALS FOR THE FUNCTIONS AND COMPOSITION OF AREA REVIEW COMMITTEES AND OF CASE CONFERENCES, AND OUTLINE GENERAL PRINCIPLES FOR ASSESSING THE EFFECT WHICH A PLAN OF SUPERVISION OR CARE IS HAVING ON A CHILD. (SNI ABSTRACT)