NCJ Number
125879
Date Published
1987
Length
217 pages
Annotation
After reviewing studies of child-abuse-and-neglect (CAN) deaths in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, this book presents two case studies of families at high risk for CAN deaths and discusses intervention strategies.
Abstract
A literature review in the opening chapter provides background and supplementary material for subsequent chapters. This review concludes that CAN severe enough to maim or kill children is comparatively rare. The second chapter examines CAN deaths in the United States through epidemiological studies that consist of hospital-based studies and community-based studies. These studies provide evidence of the close association between CAN deaths, family stress, and poverty. Chapter three reviews a cohort study of CAN deaths in Ontario, Canada, from 1973 to 1982. Data on 100 CAN deaths are presented and analyzed. In analyzing CAN deaths in the United Kingdom, chapter four examines an unrepresentative sample of CAN deaths in England and Scotland through hospital-based research and community-based studies. Chapter five details the case histories of the families and victims in two CAN deaths. The concluding chapter on intervention strategies considers intervention theory, the framework for prevention, high-risk families, and high-risk children. Appended high-risk checklists, chapter notes, 252 references, subject index, name index.