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Essay Archive - Study Of Family Interaction Lead To New Undrestanding Of Abusive Parents
Study Of Family Interaction Lead To New Undrestanding Of Abusive Parents
Researchers at the University of Toronto have taken important steps
toward producing a profile of an abusive parent. Prof. Gary Walters and
doctoral student Lynn Oldershaw of the Department of Psychology have
developed a system to characterize parents who physically abuse their
children. This could ultimately allow social service professionals to
identify parents in child abuse.
Over the last five years, Walters and Oldershaw, in collaboration with
Darlene Hall of the West End Creche, have exami....
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