Dialectics, Infant Shaking, and Perpetrator Statements in Child Maltreatment

• NCJ Number: 247509
• Journal: Journal of Family Violence Volume: 29 Issue: 1 Dated: January 2014 Pages: 89-91
• Author(s): Dean Biron
• Date Published: January 2014
• Length: 3 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This brief report considers, from a philosophical perspective, the state of the infant shaking debate and the potential for a future dialectical resolution based on the available evidence.

Abstract

There is little middle ground in the dispute between those who believe violent shaking to be a cause of infant mortality and those who deny any link between the two. This brief report considers, from a philosophical perspective, the state of the infant shaking debate and the potential for a future dialectical resolution based on the available evidence. It is argued that for such a resolution to become a reality it will be necessary for child protection professionals to work together to combine a more inclusive, transdisciplinary attitude to research with a more rational, civil approach to dialogue. Abstract published by arrangement with Springer.