Children in Danger : The Causes and Prevention of Baby Battering, Hardcover b...

by Renvoize, Jean

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Children in Danger : The Causes and Prevention of Baby Battering, Hardcover by Renvoize, Jean, ISBN 1032532173, ISBN-13 9781032532172, Like New Used, Free P&P in the UK In the early 1970s 'baby battering’ accounted for an estimated 700 child deaths a year in Britain, while a further 4-5,000 children were seriously injured – all this in spite of the knowledge gained from the research done both in Britain and in the United States. How could such tragedies be prevented? What is known about the parents, the family patterns and social situations that gave rise to baby battering? Extraordinary public interest had been aroused by the appalling case of Maria Colwell, and the problem of baby battering was now receiving the close attention it had long warranted. Originally published in 1974, Jean Renvoize had spent two years interviewing the battering parents themselves, as well as social workers, doctors, the police and psychiatrists. The special virtue of Children in Danger was that, apart from being the first fully-researched book on the subject, the author was able to look at baby battering as an outsider, seeing the picture as a whole. Her overwhelming impression is that although lip-service was paid to the idea of cooperation between all professionals working in the field, the truth was that too frequently a deep distrust existed between them, particularly between social workers and the police. The result of this distrust was that every year thousands of children fell through the

• ISBN: 9781032532172
• Condition: Fine

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