Last Sunday we drove from Thame to the community centre in Stoke Hammond, Buckinghamshire, for another 'do'. This time to celebrate Jacqueline McGrath's graduation with an MA degree. She wrote her dissertation on a theme around men in child care. One thing which I found utterly counter intuitive is that more women commit child abuse than men. We didn't have time to explore the definition of child abuse which she was using, but I will ask her again about it when we see her and her family in north Wales soon. In the light of my involvement with the WCVA Criminal Records Unit, this is interesting.
The party was a most enjoyable and quiet celebration with a delicious buffet.
Then was the long trek home....four and a half hours I think it was.
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
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Disturbing what does and does not get reported - especially considering how many people are now wary of men taking kids to playgrounds. Similar to the Violence against Women paper (I think it said 2 women are killed by their partner or ex every week?) - apparently some things are just not worth reporting.
ReplyDeleteThe counter intuitive bit is down to what is defined as abuse in the statistics. I understand this now includes offensive or threatening language.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for the comments Fran and Nick. Nick, my interest is in what definition was used for the purposes of this particular work.
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