The Relationship of Child Protection Service Caseworker Discipline-Specific Education and Definition of Sibling Abuse

Kominkiewicz, Frances Bernard

doi:10.1300/j137v09n01_06

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“…No consistent national law exists regarding sibling abuse since many states do not have statutes that distinguish it as separate from incest. As a result, both mandated reporters and child protection service caseworkers have limited guidance on how to interpret child abuse statutes (Kominkiewicz, 2004) and cases of sibling abuse go undetected. Parents who are not knowledgeable of the traumatic effects of abuse by a sibling may inadvertently perpetrate neglect, by failing to address the behavior.…”

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A call to child welfare: Protect children from sibling abuse

Meyers

2014

Qualitative Social Work

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Sibling abuse is extremely common, yet child welfare does not provide statutes for its identification and workers are not trained to identify its occurrence. This retrospective study explored adults survivors' experiences of childhood and adolescent sibling abuse and the family environment that engendered hostile sibling relationships. The varying parental responses from punitive to neglect to collusion with the perpetrator resulted in feelings of helplessness and worthlessness in the victim. Personal narratives of survivors highlight the sibling abusive experience and underscore its devastating repercussions. Recommendations are presented for child welfare to establish sibling abuse as a phenomenon in need of recognition and include siblings in risk assessment.

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A call to child welfare: Protect children from sibling abuse

Meyers

2014

Qualitative Social Work

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“…This situation may work to the detriment of sibling abuse cases. In one study, Kominkiewicz (2004) found that child protection workers' definitions vary widely in the identification of behaviors constituting sibling abuse. If the case is not opened or is investigated but yields no finding of abuse, children can be adversely affected because the abusive behavior may continue.…”

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Sibling Abuse of Other Children

Caffaro¹

2020

Handbook of Interpersonal Violence and Abuse Across the Lifespan

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Society's awareness of sibling violence and sexual abuse, and its response, has lagged behind other child abuse issues and concerns. In comparison with parentchild abuse, sibling abuse is generally underreported by parents, teachers, mental health professionals, and communities. Child welfare services and the legal system are more reluctant to accept and respond to reports of sibling violence and sexual abuse, and researchers agree that it has received less attention than other forms of child maltreatment despite good evidence that suggests it is more common and no less injurious than child abuse when a parent or other adult is the perpetrator. This chapter describes the historical context of sibling violence and sexual abuse, factors and methods essential in its identification and assessment, definitions of sibling physical violence (SPV), sibling psychological maltreatment (SPM), and sibling sexual abuse (SSA), its prevalence and relationship to other forms of peer and family violence, as well as individual, family, and ecological risk and protective factors. Cultural, ethnic, and gender considerations are discussed as well as an overview of clinical research on sibling abuse and its harmful effects. Evidence-based treatment strategies and clinical case material are utilized to illustrate fundamentals of a therapeutic approach to child and family intervention guided by trauma-informed principles. The current state of research and practice, future directions, and recommendations for policy and prevention are also summarized.

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Destructive Sibling Aggression

Caspi

Barrios

2016

The Wiley Handbook on the Psychology of Violence

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The Relationship of Child Protection Service Caseworker Discipline-Specific Education and Definition of Sibling Abuse

Cited by 14 publications

References 14 publications

A call to child welfare: Protect children from sibling abuse

A call to child welfare: Protect children from sibling abuse

Sibling Abuse of Other Children

Destructive Sibling Aggression

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