Choose one form of child maltreatment included in chapter 7 on Additional Forms of Child Maltreatment Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy that you would like to know more about. Find one journal/scholarly article (not Wikipedia or similar website) that discusses your topic. Find one media article reporting on a specific happening. The article should contain good description and detail – at least two to three pages long.
Once you have thoroughly read both articles, please address the following:
Summarize the scholarly article.
How do the characteristics of the victim and characteristics of the perpetrator match with the information provided in the chapter?
What social and environmental factors are identified?
Are these consistent with the readings?
What treatment and prevention measures do you feel might be effective?
Remember to use citations and document all sources of information.
Guidelines:
Assignment should be in a Word document.
Outside sources must be cited appropriately and you need to include a reference page.
It is important to use course concepts to support the points made and include all relevant citations in correct APA format.
Please in addition to the scholarly article and media article utilize the book Child Maltreatment An Introduction by Cindy L. Miller-Perrin & Robin D. Perrin 3rd edition for cites.
