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Why should they be abused any more than children? — child abuse protection and the implementation of No Secrets
Author(s)	Rachel Filinson, Claudine McCreadie, Janet Askham
Journal title	The Journal of Adult Protection, vol 10, no 2, May 2008
Pages	pp 18-28
Source	Website: http://www.pavpub.com
Keywords	Elder abuse ; Children ; Social policy.
Annotation	The parallels between child abuse and adult abuse have been frequently noted as public awareness of both has increased in recent decades. Both can involve the concealed victimisation of a weaker family member, for both interventions are difficult to implement because practitioners are loath to intrude into privacy of the family and risk causing harm, and combating abuse of either type demands multi-agency working. Significant differences between the two abuse constituencies have also been stressed, namely that adults are not invariably dependents reliant for care on those people mistreating them, and have the autonomy to resist efforts to intervene on their behalf. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-080707205 A
Classmark	QNT: SBC: TM2
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