Who Kills Children? Re-Examining the Evidence

Pritchard, Colin; Davey, Jill; Williams, Richard

doi:10.1093/bjsw/bcs051

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“…An important example is the assumption that anyone is capable of losing their temper and shaking or slamming a child so vigorously that it causes severe injury or death . This differs from other research on filicide, which shows that there is a clear overrepresentation among the perpetrators of prior convictions for violent acts and major psychiatric illness with manifest psychosis or severe personality disorders .…”

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It is important not to assume an aetiology for the triad before the outcomes of diagnostic investigations

Andersson

Thiblin

2018

Acta Paediatrica

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It is important not to assume an aetiology for the triad before the outcomes of diagnostic investigations

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Thiblin

2018

Acta Paediatrica

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“…The families had experienced different but profoundly traumatic loss, often involving sudden violence but rarely without antecedents. (Whilst it was impossible to arrive at a representative sample, the family experiences mirrored broader analyses of trends in child death/serious injury, with family violence, unanticipated events, mental health and neglect being components of the risks faced by the child (Pritchard et al ., ).) The families all struggled to make sense of the multiple procedures that entered their lives after the critical incidents, and found it difficult to disentangle the different processes and their implications.…”

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Rights, Responsibilities and Pragmatic Practice: Family Participation in Case Reviews

2013

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This article considers the experiences of families and professionals in case reviews where a child has died/suffered serious injury as a result or abuse or neglect. There is an expectation in the four UK nations that families will be included in such case reviews. The article draws on a study of policies and practices, and family accounts of involvement. An overview of UK policies and practices is described, and the broader questions that emerge for participatory practices identified. Family experiences in this complex area of practice are considered, and recommendations made for practice. The uneven picture of family involvement is argued to reflect uncertainty about the purpose, value and role of family involvement. Concerns are raised about the unresolved dilemmas arising from family involvement and the potential for practice to be unhelpful if not carefully examined. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. Key Practitioner Messages: Family involvement in reviews is an expectation across the UK nations, but with limited practice guidance. Family perspectives add invaluable insights and support learning for future protective services. Professionals have common drivers for family involvement in reviews, but few policies articulate the purpose of participation. Family involvement raises difficult questions for participatory practices. Without further clarity and adoption of principles for practice, dilemmas will remain whatever review models are adopted.

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“…Profiling of the most serious offenders can result in effective prevention of secondary abuse and sometimes primary. However, the vast majority of families referred to child abuse services, as well as those for whom abuse is substantiated, have much more complex, diffuse and chronic issues, with strong relationships to structural conditions, rather than the innate pathology of individuals [67,[101][102][103]. What is more, child deaths are extremely rare events that are not predictable, even when considering a high-risk population [93].…”

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“…Pritchard and colleagues found that those who killed children had several identifiable salient features, such as having a history of violence and being not biologically related to the children they killed. They conclude that: "The juxtaposed results indicate that the assailants' problems are essentially psycho-criminological, especially violence, rather than socio-economic, although poverty worsens most situations" ( [101], p. 1403). However, such cases make up a tiny proportion of those referred to child protection services, even of the substantiated cases.…”

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Current Debates on Variability in Child Welfare Decision-Making: A Selected Literature Review

Keddell

2014

Social Sciences

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This article considers selected drivers of decision variability in child welfare decision-making and explores current debates in relation to these drivers. Covering the related influences of national orientation, risk and responsibility, inequality and poverty, evidence-based practice, constructions of abuse and its causes, domestic violence and cognitive processes, it discusses the literature in regards to how each of these influences decision variability. It situates these debates in relation to the ethical issue of variability and the equity issues that variability raises. I propose that despite the ecological complexity that drives decision variability, that improving internal (within-country) decision consistency is still a valid goal. It may be that the use of annotated case examples, kind learning systems, and continued commitments to the social justice issues of inequality and individualisation can contribute to this goal.

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Who Kills Children? Re-Examining the Evidence

Cited by 35 publications

References 78 publications

It is important not to assume an aetiology for the triad before the outcomes of diagnostic investigations

It is important not to assume an aetiology for the triad before the outcomes of diagnostic investigations

Rights, Responsibilities and Pragmatic Practice: Family Participation in Case Reviews

Current Debates on Variability in Child Welfare Decision-Making: A Selected Literature Review

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