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FAMILY VIOLENCE AND ABUSE; For this assignment, you will research punishment and treatment of parents who abuse their children and, based on what you learn from your research, you will write a paper in which you argue whether you believe that punishment or treatment is the more appropriate approach to dealing with child abuse.
Here is some more context for this assignment:
There are primarily two ways to deal with parents who abuse their children—punishment and treatment. The most frequently used intervention is treatment. The primary goal Child Preventive Services is to intervene into the family, providing support and services (parenting education and anger management) to prevent the removal of the child from the home. The second, less frequently used method is to prosecute the parents in criminal court. This assignment will test your skills at doing research in the on-line library. Another way to say this: “It is a challenging assignment!” The assignment gives you an opportunity to explore a nagging question about what to do with parents that abuse their children.
Lisa, from an earlier class wrote:
When reading about the different models of child abusers the environmental-sociological-cultural model struck me as bizarre. So big deal someone lacks an education or lacks child rearing skills and this in the eyes of Cynthia Crosson Tower, who devised these models is a reason why one might abuse a child. It seems to me that this is a cop out. I guess what she is basically trying to say is that if someone’s life is a shambles they may take it out on the poor child. For me there has to be more to it then that. Even if you have no “child rearing skills” you would still know that abusing a child is not the right thing to do. Is it just me or is this a bad model?
In another class, Melanie asks about rehabilitation for parents that abuse their children:
In Chapter II, accepted theories of the causes of child abuse are discussed. Specifically, several theories are grouped into three distinct models/headings: ‘the psychopathological’, ‘the interactional’ and ‘the environ./socio./cultural’ model. In reading the various theories under each model, it seems futile to even hope that abusers could somehow, over time become loving, proper caregivers. Lack of bonding between parent/child, dysfunctional family, stress from social & psychological factors, chance events and family structure are just a few of the causes that are discussed. The causes are multifaceted. Often-times the causes are intertwined with one’s personality, their environment, family, or economics. Can such complex causes be ‘fixed?’ Can an abuser be rehabilitated enough to trust them with the care of children?
Joegave this response to Melanie:
Such causes may never be “fixed” but with all of the support programs out there, through classes, training, and therapy, an abuser can learn to control their anger, stress and frustration, without taking it out on their children. Here on Fort Drum there is many programs offered under the Family Advocacy Program, such as Anger Management and Parenting classes. Trusting children with former abusers may be a difficult process, and it should be done slowly. The children may be able to stay others places sometimes while the parents slowly learn to raise their children without any form of violence or neglect. But with time, it is possible to trust a rehabilitated abuser enough to care for their children, as long as the treatment and therapy is not piled on in too short a period of time.
So you can see that the topic of how to deal with parents that abuse their children is certainly open for discussion. They typical response to beating and battering children is to engage the family in treatment and services to prevent placing the child in foster care. For contrast, it is interesting to note that the typical response to spouse abuse is arrest. So Lisa’s comment that the situation is bizarre may have some validity. Chalk (1997) offers this explanation for the differing responses to child abuse;
Those who are opposed to criminal action believe that it hurts the family, that the criminal justice system is insensitive to families’ and children’s needs, and that district attorneys and police officers focus more on prosecution than on referrals for treatment and services. Those who favor criminal prosecution believe that it is an effective way to enforce the laws, deter future abuse, discourage unacceptable behavior, and coerce individuals into treatment (p. 168).
How to Approach this Research
As happens with most research projects, there is more then one way to approach the task. I will provide you with a couple examples but you can use your own ideas.
I. You can approach this assignment from a generalist perspective, that is looking at research articles, policy , and other supporting information to draw your conclusions. This is the approach I expect most students to take because there is more information available when you look at the big picture. Consequently, less time will need to be spent on searching for information but you will have to do a more work integrating the information (cutting and pasting a string of quotes from the text, articles, and web sites is a sure way to get a poor grade).
II. Another way to do the assignment is to look at specific areas within the big picture. For example, exploring the issue of mother that murder their children (live-in boyfriends are good subjects also) or children abused while in foster care to identify how these cases are handled, prevention or prosecution. As you can see, you will do better if you have some research skills but on the other hand you have less integration to do because of the narrow topic.
III. The third way is to examine this issue from a policy perspective, in this case both federal and state because the federal government is establishing requirements for the states. I conceive this to be the least popular approach because most students are not interested in policy. There are exceptions and if you are one of those persons that enjoys knowing why government and agencies do the things the way they do them, you will enjoy this approach.
double spaced and using 12 point font. Make sure you used APA citation style for your sources and reference list.
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