George Hero pontificated in a message to All:
 GH> I have a hunch that the "default education that [many]
 GH> social worker[s] receive from their family of orgin" is the
 GH> ROOT of the problem. My personal theory: 
 GH>         
 GH>         Workers in the child abuse industry come from
 GH> severely          dysfunctionally family backgrounds. They
 GH> first become          interested in the field for "self
 GH> help" reasons, then realize          there's money to be
 GH> made. Unfortunately for the falsely accused,         the
 GH> worker's opinions will always be heavily biased because of  
 GH>        personal childhood experiences. I define child abuse
 GH> Has there been any studies that support my thesis? Are there
 GH> statistics  regarding family background of child abuse
 GH> industry workers. 
     I haven't seen any studies like that, but I can tell you that of the 40 
students in my Social Service Workers course, 15 are from severely 
dysfunctional families(severe abuse) and have expressed an interest in 
getting into the child protection field. At least another 12 say that their 
families were moderately dysfunctional and also see a need for more 
intervention into families... the scary thing is ..they refer to all possible 
abuse situations not as alleged, but as abusive. They have made their minds 
up before even getting out of school that all situations have abuse as part 
of the equation.
Anytime they are given a scenario or interview assignment, they probe for 
past abuse... regardless of the presenting problem.
 
Rationally Yours,
Lazarus Long 
--- timEd 1.01
---------------