FRHD 1020 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Old Age Security, Domestic Violence, Family Therapy
20 Aug 2016
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Textbook: chapter 14: what is family violence? o family violence: any form of abuse, mistreatment or neglect that children or adults experience from other members of their family o abuse: a situation in which a person takes advantage of a less powerful person o two sources of information used to measure the incidence of family violence in canada, uniform crime reporting survey. Children are seriously affected by violence directed at other family members, both by what they see and by what they hear o how many parents abuse or neglect their children: actual extent is unknown, changes in public and professional awareness of the problem can affect reporting rates, changes in legislation and definitions can affect reporting rates, usually only the most extreme cases of abuse are reported o which children are at risk of abuse or neglect, unwanted children, children living with a lone parent.
