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Record 1 2002-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Practice and Procedural Law
  • Sociology of the Family
  • Social Problems
CONT

Assault of mother with child witness may be sufficiently damaging to child to warrant reporting of child abuse in these cases.

OBS

The child who witnesses acts of violence in his home is also a victim; he or she is a "secondary victim".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit judiciaire
  • Sociologie de la famille
  • Problèmes sociaux
OBS

Les voies de fait contre la mère, en présence de l'enfant, peuvent entraîner des dommages suffisamment importants chez ce dernier pour justifier le signalement, ou encore les cas de violence à l'égard des enfants.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho procesal
  • Sociología de la familia
  • Problemas sociales
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