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Child Fatality Research

Research on incidence, perpetrator characteristics, risk factors, and explanatory theories for child fatalities due to abuse or neglect.

Child Fatalities: An Update
Grayson
Virginia Child Protection Newsletter, 58, 2000
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Discusses incidence and victim and perpetrator characteristics.

Ecological Correlates of Child Maltreatment: Similarities and Differences Between Child Fatality and Nonfatality Cases
Chance & Scannapieco
Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 19(2), 2002
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Examines child fatality risk factors through case record analysis.

Fatal Child Neglect
Bonner, Crow, & Logue (1999)
In Neglected Children: Research, Practice, and Policy
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Presents an overview of fatal child neglect including definition, incidence, etiology, investigation, and current professional and societal responses.

Understanding Fatal Assault of Children: A Typology and Explanatory Theory
Lawrence
Children and Youth Services Review, 26(9), 2004
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Provides theories to explain the problem of fatal assault of children.

Updated on September 18, 2008