Abusive Head Trauma through Shaking: Examination of the Perpetrators According to Dating of the Traumatic Event

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dc.contributor.authorLaurent‐Vannier, A., Bernard, J. Y., & Chevignard, M.
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-17T16:08:00Z
dc.date.available2021-06-17T16:08:00Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractEffective prevention of abusive head trauma (AHT) requires the identification of potential perpetrators. Current evidence suggests that infant shaking, as a mechanism of AHT, produces immediate symptoms, allowing for the dating of the event based on clinical symptoms. Determining precisely when symptoms occurred may help law enforcement to identify the perpetrator. We retrieved written legal statements and medical records from birth to age at diagnosis of 100 infants consecutively diagnosed with AHT through shaking (2011–17), using forensic expertise files. Timing of abuse allowed for the identification of perpetrators in 91 cases. All abusive events occurred inside a home (parent's or nanny's), never outdoors or in a public place, and always in the presence of only one adult. Approximately one-third (n = 32) of the perpetrators were males (31 fathers) and two-thirds (n = 59) were females: 49 of them were the infant's nanny and ten were the infant's mother. Infants were not described as crying habitually. Better knowledge of the context of AHT events and risk situations, including recent implementation of a new or unusual modality of childcare, and being the only adult in a home with an infant, should facilitate prevention, including targeted training and avoidance of situations associated with risk.en_US
dc.identifier.citationLaurent‐Vannier, A., Bernard, J. Y., & Chevignard, M. (2021). Abusive Head Trauma through Shaking: Examination of the Perpetrators According to Dating of the Traumatic Event. Child Abuse Review.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/car.2694?casa_token=xFpASJH0rB4AAAAA:ikfQttH7KIK4pBsuWp4tc0iS27ij5bVY6lBqMIDY-L1w93UnH9JgKAb_jCMhF52kBKB1vwsRJ823cQ
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11212/5119
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherChild Abuse Reviewen_US
dc.subjectabusive head traumaen_US
dc.subjectinfanten_US
dc.subjectchild maltreatmenten_US
dc.subjectperpetratorsen_US
dc.subjectpreventionen_US
dc.subjectshaken baby syndromeen_US
dc.titleAbusive Head Trauma through Shaking: Examination of the Perpetrators According to Dating of the Traumatic Eventen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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