Researchers urge fight against child abuse (national institute proposed)

[HuckleB]

Researchers urge fight against child abuse -- A group led by a University of Oregon professor calls for a new national focus and more studies on the problem

http://www.oregonlive.com/search/index.ssf?/base/news/1114596007104150.xml?oregonian?lcen&coll=7

"Child abuse is a dark and disturbing problem that may kill 1,400 U.S. children each year and hurt many thousands more.

But child-welfare advocates say neither the government nor health experts dedicate enough money or attention to the problem.

Now several researchers, led by University of Oregon psychology professor Jennifer Freyd, are calling for a new focus on child abuse. In the April 22 journal Science, Freyd and six other researchers propose creating an Institute on Child Abuse and Interpersonal Violence within the National Institutes of Health.

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Child abuse has not been subject to as much rigorous study as other health problems. While research has increased in the past 20 years, Freyd said, funding for studies remains low. Abuse researchers tend to be scattered across many academic fields, the Science paper notes, leading to "fragmented knowledge that is often infused with unstated value judgments." Even statistics are scattered and incomplete: The U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics records assaults only on people 12 and older, for instance.

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'Tis about time.

[UCLA Dem]

1. nope. our government only cares about children before they're born.

[HuckleB]

2. Hmm.

So, if a brain damaged sex abuser offs himself after facing the equivalent of a Salem witch hunt 18 years after his offense is on the board, then everyone goes off. But, if someone actually wants to try to help reduce child abuse through systematic means, no one responds?

Call me disturbed. This is DU, no?