Non‐Sexual Abuse in Children

Deaths Due to Child Abuse: A 6‐Year Review of Cases in The Cook County Medical Examiner's Office

“…Our results agree with other researchers who have found that head injuries are the leading cause of death in physical child abuse . The prevalence of head injuries in contrast to trunk and limb injuries in infants seems to be due to the larger size of the head compared with the rest of the body making the skulls and brains of infants more vulnerable to injuries than those of older children . In our series, eight of the nine cases of deaths due solely to extracranial injuries occurred in subjects more than 12 months old.…”

“…All of our cases with skull fractures also involved intracranial injuries. According to the literature, skull fractures of the parietal bone, followed by the occipital, frontal, and temporal bones are the most commonly encountered injuries in both physical abuse and accidental injuries, Madea et al considered that depressed fractures are likely to have been caused by high force impact (physical abuse). Also, Flaherty et al suggested that complex or bilateral skull fractures are typical of nonaccidental trauma.…”

Analisis Pertanggungjawaban Pidana Studi Kasus: Penganiayaan terhadap Anak Selebgram yang dilakukan oleh Pengasuh Anak di Malang

“…Permasalahan yang dialami oleh anak sangat dramatis dan memilukan, karena dialami oleh anak yang kemampuan fisik dan mental masih sangat terbatas untuk melindungi dirinya dari berbagai resiko dan bahaya yang dihadapinya (Elder, 2014;Minns, 2014;Pertíñez-López, 2015). Anak masih bergantung pada orang dewasa yang ada disekitarnya untuk melindungi mereka.Berbagai upaya telah dilakukan, namun disadari sepenuhnya bahwa di dalam masyarakat masih banyak anak yang memerlukan upaya perlindungan khusus.…”