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Deprivation and Child Abuse: Implications for Strategic Planning in Children's Services
Author(s) -
Baldwin Norma,
Spencer Nick
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
children and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-0860
pISSN - 0951-0605
DOI - 10.1111/j.1099-0860.1993.tb00292.x
Subject(s) - child abuse , identification (biology) , child protection , psychology , psychiatry , association (psychology) , medicine , suicide prevention , poison control , criminology , developmental psychology , nursing , environmental health , psychotherapist , botany , biology
SUMMARY. The paper reviews the association between material deprivation and child abuse and considers the implications of the association for preventive strategies. The authors conclude that community‐wide strategies aimed at supporting all child carers are more likely to succeed in preventing child abuse than those based on identification of high risk' groups. Common elements of successful community‐wide strategies are presented as are the implications for child protection policy making.