Margolin L
Department of Home Economics, University of Iowa, Iowa City.
Child Welfare. 1990 Jul-Aug;69(4):309-19.
This study examined the circumstances associated with fatal child neglect in one state to differentiate fatal child neglect from fatal physical abuse and from other types of neglect that are not life-threatening. The typical neglect fatality was a male child, younger than three, living with his mother and two or three siblings. The fatalities from physical abuse were characterized by deliberate, hostile acts on the part of a caregiver, but in the vast majority of fatalities from neglect, a caregiver was simply not there at a critical moment.
本研究调查了某一州与致命性儿童忽视相关的情况，以区分致命性儿童忽视与致命性身体虐待以及其他无生命危险的忽视类型。典型的忽视致死案例是一名不满三岁的男童，与母亲及两三个兄弟姐妹生活在一起。身体虐待致死的特征是照顾者蓄意的、敌意的行为，但在绝大多数忽视致死案例中，照顾者在关键时刻根本不在场。
