abuse and I am surprised no one has thought of it sooner. Maybe because it is too obvious.
This can help not only victims of physical abuse but those who have been sexually abused as well.
The solution is to get enough known survivors of childhood physical and sexual abuse for two groups. Ensure there is a good mix of both types in each group. (Example. If the total amount of participants is 20---then two groups of 10).
One group is the control group, that group gets anything and everything medically available to assist with the healing process.
The other group is the test group. This group receives no medical help at all.
Track both groups until each study member has reached the predetermined age of adulthood. (lets say you track the groups from the age of 14 until the participants have all reached the age of 25).
If this works, it should show the likelihood of abuse victims becoming abusers and start the process of healing victims at a young age. Thereby you ensure that a suitable treatment plan for each victim of abuse is in place to help the healing process.
And if you notice, I still haven't involved the Child Protective Service Agencies (whatever they are called in each region). I'll explain why later.
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In theory, I like your idea - and yet find it quite horrible, because it leaves 10 abuse victims with no help whatsoever, and for what? To see if they turn into abusers themselves. I don't like human experiments. More on my own blog.
SB
PS - do you think you could activate the Atom Feed fir this Blog - I want to subscribe - it is really easy to fix./SB
No need to fiddle with the HTML - I fixed it.:-)
http://slushandmushpile.blogspot.com/atom.xml
pretty simple if you assume that your settings are set to have your blog public :-)
Hugs,
SB
Hey, you. *hug*
I can see what you're thinking about with this idea, my friend. The question, though, is: Can it actually work?
I ask this, because what I'm seeing in your proposal is that only one group of victims would receive help - from an ethical and moral standpoint, that isn't fair.
On the other hand, I can see why you make this proposal, and in theory, it probably could help determine who does and doesn't become an abuser themselves.
But, these things have to be looked at, too:
1. Race - for example, statistics have shown that abuse is higher in black communities than in white communities.
2. Income - according to statistics, families with a higher income abuse less than those with a lower income.
3. Gender - according to statistics (based on reported incidents), women are abused more often than men. Men have reported abuse, of course, but those reports don't seem to be given the same credence as reports made by women.
These are just a few of the factors that would have to be taken into consideration when conducting a study like the one you're proposing.
Overall, though, I can see where you're going with the idea, and I encourage you to keep thinking about how we can create what's needed in order to address this growing problem. *hug*
Hey sis, just stopping in to say hi and see what's new. :)
Come check out my new place! It's actually an old place that got rebuilt. LOL Hope to see you there. :)
Hey Shari. *hug* Where are ya, hon? Sure miss ya over at the Tree... :(
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