Child maltreatment is generally referred to under the global categories of physical, sexual, emotional/psychological abuse and neglect. The Concerted Action on the Prevention of Child Abuse in Europe (CAPCAE) reports on the specific forms of harm and injury, actions and persons believed responsible in eight European countries. The most common actions across all participating countries responsible for harm were those of violent parenting or absent parenting. A review of prevention strategies found that few programmes focused on specific behaviours or included measures to indicate whether their actions were successful in preventing further harm to children. It is recommended that fathers need to be targeted in prevention as well as mothers and that specific data collection of actual harms, actions, persons responsible and outcomes needs to be implemented as a priority in all European countries. Such specificity avoids a focus on risk which is unacceptable in some countries, over inclusive of parents and resource intensive

May Cahal, C., Bertotti, T., Di Blasio, P., Cerezo, M., Gerard, M., Grevot, A., et al. (2006). Child maltreatment in the family: a European perspective. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK, 9(1), 3-20 [10.1080/13691450500480706].

Child maltreatment in the family: a European perspective

BERTOTTI, TERESA FRANCESCA;
2006

Abstract

Child maltreatment is generally referred to under the global categories of physical, sexual, emotional/psychological abuse and neglect. The Concerted Action on the Prevention of Child Abuse in Europe (CAPCAE) reports on the specific forms of harm and injury, actions and persons believed responsible in eight European countries. The most common actions across all participating countries responsible for harm were those of violent parenting or absent parenting. A review of prevention strategies found that few programmes focused on specific behaviours or included measures to indicate whether their actions were successful in preventing further harm to children. It is recommended that fathers need to be targeted in prevention as well as mothers and that specific data collection of actual harms, actions, persons responsible and outcomes needs to be implemented as a priority in all European countries. Such specificity avoids a focus on risk which is unacceptable in some countries, over inclusive of parents and resource intensive
Articolo in rivista - Articolo scientifico
Child Maltreatment; Europe; Comparative Research; Prevention
maltrattamento all'infanzia, Europa, ricerca comparativa, prevenzione
English
mar-2006
9
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20
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May Cahal, C., Bertotti, T., Di Blasio, P., Cerezo, M., Gerard, M., Grevot, A., et al. (2006). Child maltreatment in the family: a European perspective. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WORK, 9(1), 3-20 [10.1080/13691450500480706].
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