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CASUBJS.TXT which may be found in CAINFO.ZIP available on this BBS.
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CASUBJS.TXT                                                      January 1996
                             Child Abuse Subjects
In reading over 25,000 pages of materials on the topic of Child Abuse several
points may be derived:
1) Basic Groups:
   Child Abuse is defined in ten basic groups: Physical, Sexual, Neglect,
   Emotional, Prenatal, Selling, Allegations, Parental Kidnapping, Incest,
   and Death.
   State and federal statistics show that Child Abuse is alarmingly real in
   our society; reports are both true and false.  Reports are made in good
   faith by mandatory reporters protected by statutory immunity; by concerned
   or malicious anonymous callers to state hotline phones; by concerned or
   malicious neighbors and day care employees; by students against teachers;
   by step-children; by present and past parishioners against members of the
   clergy; and by spouses in child custody and child access/visitation dis-
   putes.
   Children are subjected to physical and emotional abuse, they are 
eglected,
   and they are sexually assaulted.  Some children are kidnapped and some are
   murdered; by strangers, by neighbors, by family members, by the clergy, 
nd
   by child molesters.
2) Repeated Concerns:
   The materials show that a high number of subjects related to Child Abuse
   are repeated concerns from both lay and professional sources.   In this
   literature data base they have been categorized as key words and are shown
   below.
3) Significant Disagreement:
   It is evident from the subject matter that there is significant disagree-
   ment within the professional fields (legal, judicial, law enforcement, and
   mental health) on approximately one-half of the subjects; they are shown
   as NATIONAL AREAS OF CONTENTION.
   Foremost among the national areas of contention are A) Children's Inter-
   views B) Evaluation Techniques, and C) Investigations.
   Significant among these is how to determine if a child was sexually abused
   and disagreement, particularly within the mental health community, on the
   methods used to make the determination.
   Many of these repeated concerns and significant disagreement areas have
   A) Existed for several decades B) Spawned a multi-million dollar industry
   for both the legal and mental health communities C) Remained unresolved.
4) Allegation Concern:
   The subject matter on Child Abuse further reflects an "allegation" concern
   from both lay & professional sources; in particular is Sexual Child Abuse.
5) Experts, "Experts", and Authorities:
   In the United States, as well in other developed countries, there appears
   to be experts, "experts", and authorities; the materials show this to be
   primarily within the mental health community and related to Sexual Child
   Abuse.  On a national basis there are experts on child abuse and there is
   a division among these experts in the mental health community.  There are
   also individuals who do not have expertise who are self-claimed "experts".
   A Who's Who in Child Abuse showing over 165 persons is in CHILDWHO.TXT.
   According to many professionals from numerous disciplines to inaccurately
   label a child as being a victim of Sexual Child Abuse is, in itself, Child
   Abuse. In this context the materials indicate that Child Abuse and Allega-
   tions of Child Abuse are parallel overlapping topics with a strong 
mplica-
   tion that knowledge of one without knowledge of the other may be insuffi-
   cient to properly assess either.
70+ current key word subjects related to Child Abuse and Allegations of Child
Abuse follow. A list of Titles for any subject is available on request; other
subjects available also.
Reid Kimbrough - 427 Ascot Court, Sanford, FL  32773
FIDONET 1:363/77, Internet e-mail reid.kimbrough%77@satlink.oau.org---
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