Maltreatment‐Related Fatalities
Issues of Policy and Prevention
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6089873 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Murray Levine (University at Buffalo, State University of New York), Jennifer Freeman (0000-0001-5128-4208), Jennifer B Freeman (0000-0003-3636-8555, University at Buffalo, State University of New York), Cheryl Compaan (University at Buffalo, State University of New York) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 449-471 |
| Publication date | 1994-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Law & Policy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0265-8240 • E-ISSN: 1467-9930 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1467-9930.1994.tb00133.x |
| OpenAlex | W2021963922 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 19 |
Maltreatment‐related child fatalities, despite their relatively infrequent occurrence, constitute a serious social problem. Based on a review of national and unpublished state and local child fatality review team reports, we ascertained some risk factors that set parameters for prevention programs. Children under age four, and in particular those under age two, are at highest risk for maltreatment‐related fatalities. Neglect‐related deaths occur almost as often as abuse‐related ones. Unrelieved crying and toilet training problems are “triggers” for assaults on young children. Males are frequently involved in abuse‐related fatalities. People in their mid‐twenties, rather than teenage parents are the most frequent perpetrators. About a third of maltreatment‐related fatalities were known to child protective services. Implications of these findings, as well as the problem of predicting infrequently occurring events, are discussed in relation to programs of prevention
Child abuse · Environmental health · Injury prevention · Neglect · Poison control · Psychiatry · Suicide prevention · Child Abuse and Trauma · Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse · Medicine · Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
Strong Communities
The Feminization of Domestic Violence in America
African-American families and child protection
An Exploratory Analysis of Seven Child Welfare Workers who Confused Sids with Child Maltreatment Fatalities
A Comparison of Child Fatalities by Physical Abuse Versus Neglect
With the Best of Intentions
Child maltreatment as a community problem
The Truly Disadvantaged
Making an Issue of Child Abuse
Child deaths attributed to abuse and neglect
The Community Context of Child Abuse and Neglect
The assessment of child abuse potential and the prevention of child abuse and neglect
Homicide in childhood
Support Systems and Community Mental Health
Helping Children
Child maltreatment in family foster care
Etiology of child maltreatment
Children Who Witness Woman Battering
Antecedent probability and the efficiency of psychometric signs, patterns, or cutting scores
The Human Ecology of Child Maltreatment
Child Welfare Services
| Unique citing works | 6 |
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| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2020 (25) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |