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  • Invisible children, dying to save others: A discussion of three fatal child abuse cases and the prevention of future deaths

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    Sim, Janice
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    2015
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    Abstract
    This article discusses three fatal child abuse cases (two from the United Kingdom and one from Australia). Using an interactionist framework, it identifies two critical signs - the 'invisibility' of the child and certain dysfunctional parent representations - as the precursors to death in these cases. Reviewing the child death inquiry findings, it argues that acknowledging these critical indicators of risk has significant implications for preventing death in similar cases where child protection workers know the child in question.This article discusses three fatal child abuse cases (two from the United Kingdom and one from Australia). Using an interactionist framework, it identifies two critical signs - the 'invisibility' of the child and certain dysfunctional parent representations - as the precursors to death in these cases. Reviewing the child death inquiry findings, it argues that acknowledging these critical indicators of risk has significant implications for preventing death in similar cases where child protection workers know the child in question.
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    Journal Title
    Current Issues in Criminal Justice
    Volume
    27
    Issue
    1
    Publisher URI
    https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10345329.2015.12036032
    Copyright Statement
    © 2015, Published by The Institute of Criminology, University of Sydney. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. Please refer to the journal's website for access to the definitive, published version.
    Subject
    Causes and Prevention of Crime
    Criminology
    Sociology
    Law
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/380922
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