Su Hsiu-Chih, Lin Yi-Hxuan
Department of Early Childhood Development and Education, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taichung 41349, Taiwan.
Children (Basel). 2023 Jul 18;10(7):1237. doi: 10.3390/children10071237.
Child abuse has negative impacts on the well-being of children and often leads to adverse consequences, such as suicide, alcohol addiction, depression, and substance abuse. To better understand domestic child abuse in Taiwan, this study analyzed 73 criminal judgments (open-access documents) in which the victims of domestic child abuse were children below the age of 12 from the "Judicial Yuan Law and Regulations Retrieving System" database. There were 73 victims and 91 perpetrators involved. The results indicated that younger children were more likely to be victims of physical abuse, and the majority of death cases were committed by biological parents and cohabiting partners. The perpetrators tended to be young males with lower education. Male cohabiting partners appeared to be a high-risk population for child abuse. Approximately 63% of perpetrators experienced poverty, and 24.7% suffered from marital discord. In the 73 cases, 61.6% of the victims died, 21.9% were mildly injured, and 16.5% were severely injured. The sentencing was related to the level of injury, with perpetrators of mild injury sentenced to less than one year while perpetrators with victim death were sentenced to a longer period of imprisonment. It is suggested that parents at higher risk require greater financial and social support and should be educated on appropriate disciplinary techniques.
虐待儿童会对儿童的幸福产生负面影响，并常常导致自杀、酗酒、抑郁和药物滥用等不良后果。为了更好地了解台湾地区的家庭内儿童虐待情况，本研究从“司法院法规检索系统”数据库中分析了73份刑事判决书（公开获取文件），其中家庭内儿童虐待的受害者为12岁以下儿童。涉及73名受害者和91名施虐者。结果表明，年龄较小的儿童更容易成为身体虐待的受害者，大多数死亡案件是由亲生父母和同居伴侣实施的。施虐者往往是受教育程度较低的年轻男性。男性同居伴侣似乎是虐待儿童的高危人群。约63%的施虐者生活贫困，24.7%的人存在婚姻不和问题。在这73起案件中，61.6%的受害者死亡，21.9%的受害者受轻伤，16.5%的受害者受重伤。量刑与伤害程度有关，轻伤的施虐者被判处不到一年的刑期，而导致受害者死亡的施虐者被判处更长的监禁期。建议高风险的父母需要更多的经济和社会支持，并应接受适当管教技巧的教育。
