FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SERIOUS ILL-TREATMENT OF CHILDREN

• NCJ Number: 18264
• Author(s): D M FERGUSON; D P O'NEILL
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 21 pages
• Corporate Author: New Zealand Dept of Social Welfare
• Sale Source: New Zealand Dept of Social Welfare; National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: New Zealand

Annotation

GENERAL DISCUSSION OF THE FINDINGS OF A STUDY WHICH ANALYZED THE CIRCUMSTANTIAL FACTORS WHICH DISTINGUISH ABUSED CHILDREN WHO SUFFER SERIOUS INJURY FROM THOSE WHO SUFFER NON-SERIOUS INJURY.

Abstract

SEE NCJ-18265, 'CORRELATES OF SEVERE CHILD ABUSE,' FOR A DETAILED, TECHNICAL DISCUSSION OF THE FINDINGS. PRESENTED IN THIS REPORT, A SUMMARY OF THE INJURIES SUSTAINED BY THE 42 CHILDREN (OUT OF A TOTAL OF 255 STUDIED) WHO WERE CLASSIFIED AS SERIOUSLY INJURED.