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Child abuse inflicted by small children.

Institute of Legal Medicine, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Melatenguertel 60-62, 50823, Cologne, Germany, .
Deutsche Zeitschrift für die Gesamte Gerichtliche Medizin (impact factor: 2.59). 06/2012; DOI:10.1007/s00414-012-0731-5
Source: PubMed

ABSTRACT In cases of child abuse, usually, the parents are initial suspects. A common explanation of the parents is that the injuries were caused by a sibling. Child-on-child violence is reported to be very rare in children less than 5 years of age, and thorough investigation by the police, child protective services, and medicolegal examinations are needed to proof or disproof the parents' statement. We report two cases of physical abuse of infants by small children.

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Keywords

5 years
 
child abuse
 
child protective services
 
Child-on-child violence
 
children
 
common explanation
 
disproof
 
infants
 
medicolegal examinations
 
parents' statement
 
sibling
 
small children
 
thorough investigation
 

K Friedrich