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Peer reviewedTrocme, Nico; Lindsey, Duncan – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1996
This review of child homicide research identifies three methodological issues: (1) the classification of child deaths as homicides is unreliable; (2) child homicides may not represent the endpoint of a continuum of violence from inadequate parenting to death; and (3) child homicides are not frequent enough to measure the impact of child welfare…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Classification, Homicide
