학술논문
The Price Paid for Blood on a Child.
Document Type
Article
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Source
Subject
*CHILD abuse investigation
*ASSAULT & battery
*CHILD welfare
*WOUNDS & injuries
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Language
ISSN
0362-4331
Abstract
Examines charges against Carlene Francis and Neville Henry, parents who failed to notice that their child had been assaulted. Details of an unsolved assault on teenager Christopher Osbourne, which resulted in bodily injuries and a coma; Explanation of his parents that he appeared tired, but not wounded, when they saw him the morning after the assault; Suspicions of police and child welfare officials that the parents were either responsible for Osbourne's wounds or negligent in seeking medical care; Details of the parents' arrest and questioning by police; Eventual ruling that the parents were not aware of the extent of Osbourne's injuries; Return of Osbourne to his family after charges against his parents were dropped.