Fatal Child Maltreatment in England, 2005-2009

Autor/inn/en	Sidebotham, Peter; Bailey, Sue; Belderson, Pippa; Brandon, Marian
Titel	Fatal Child Maltreatment in England, 2005-2009
Quelle	In: Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 35 (2011) 4, S.299-306 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0145-2134
DOI	10.1016/j.chiabu.2011.01.005
Schlagwörter	Evidence; Homicide; Child Abuse; Death; Foreign Countries; Case Studies; Law Enforcement; Classification; Child Neglect; Social Class; Social Differences; Prevention; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Evidenz; Mord; Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Sterbefall; Tod; Todesfall; Ausland; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Gesetzesvollzug; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Kindesvernachlässigung; Social classes; Soziale Klasse; Sozialer Unterschied; Prävention; Vorbeugung
Abstract	Objective: This paper presents comprehensive and up-to-date data covering 4 years of Serious Case Reviews into fatal child maltreatment in England. Methods: Information on all notified cases of fatal maltreatment between April 2005 and March 2009 was examined to obtain case characteristics related to a systemic classification of 5 broad groups of maltreatment deaths (severe physical assaults; covert homicide/infanticide; overt homicide; extreme neglect/deprivational abuse; deaths related to but not directly caused by maltreatment). Results: A total of 276 cases were recorded giving an incidence of 0.63 cases per 100,000 children (0-17) per year. 246 cases could be classified based on the data available. Of these the commonest specific group was those children who died as a result of severe physical assaults. Apparently deliberate overt and covert homicide was less common, while deaths as a direct consequence of neglect were rare. In contrast, some evidence of neglect was found in at least 40% of all cases, though not the direct cause of death. Conclusions: Class characteristics differ between the different categories of death and may suggest the need for different strategies for prevention. (Contains 4 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10