@article{ref1,
title="Classification of child abuse by motive and degree rather than type of injury",
journal="Archives of disease in childhood",
year="2003",
author="Southall, David P. and Samuels, Martin P. and Golden, MH",
volume="88",
number="2",
pages="101-104",
abstract="The protection of children may be enhanced if ill treatment is classified by motive and degree rather than by type of injury. Four categories are proposed: A, abuse: premeditated ill treatment undertaken for gain by disturbed, dangerous, and manipulative individuals; B, active ill treatment: impulsively undertaken because of socioeconomic pressures, lack of education, resources, and support, or mental illnesses; C, universal mild ill treatment: behaviour undertaken by all normal caring parents in all societies; and D, neglect: defined here as an unintentional failure to supply the child's needs. Such a classification could clarify the procedures for investigation and protection, and support the creation of a Special Interagency Taskforce on Criminal Abuse (SITCA) for those suspected of abuse (category A).<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0003-9888",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}