Classification of child abuse by motive and degree rather than type of injury

The protection of children may be enhanced if ill treatment is classified by motive and degree rather than by type of injury. Four categories are proposed: A, abuse: premeditated ill treatment undertaken for gain by disturbed, dangerous, and manipulative individuals; B, active ill treatment: impulsi...

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Published in:Archives of disease in childhood 2003-02, Vol.88 (2), p.101-104
Main Authors: Southall, D P, Samuels, M P, Golden, M H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
abuse
Antisocial Behavior
Attitude to Health
Behavior
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Child Abuse
Child Abuse - classification
Child Abuse - prevention & control
Child Abuse - psychology
Child Abuse, Sexual - prevention & control
Child Abuse, Sexual - psychology
Child Neglect
Child Welfare - trends
Children & youth
Civil society
Classification
Coping
Crime
Culture
Families & family life
Humans
Injuries
injury
Medical sciences
Mental Disorders
Motivation
Parents
Parents & parenting
Parents - education
Parents - psychology
Patient Care Team - organization & administration
Personal Practice
Personality Problems
Physical Development
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Self Esteem
Social Services
Social Values
Socioeconomic Factors
Stress, Psychological - psychology
Terminology
Victimology
Victims of Crime
Violence
Violence - psychology
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Summary:The protection of children may be enhanced if ill treatment is classified by motive and degree rather than by type of injury. Four categories are proposed: A, abuse: premeditated ill treatment undertaken for gain by disturbed, dangerous, and manipulative individuals; B, active ill treatment: impulsively undertaken because of socioeconomic pressures, lack of education, resources, and support, or mental illnesses; C, universal mild ill treatment: behaviour undertaken by all normal caring parents in all societies; and D, neglect: defined here as an unintentional failure to supply the child’s needs. Such a classification could clarify the procedures for investigation and protection, and support the creation of a Special Interagency Taskforce on Criminal Abuse (SITCA) for those suspected of abuse (category A).
ISSN:0003-9888
1468-2044
DOI:10.1136/adc.88.2.101