Citation

Ben Shlomo S, Levin-Keini N. Child Fam. Soc. Work 2017; 22(1): 146-154.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2017, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1111/cfs.12211

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The present paper makes use of the developmental model of movement between mental positions that was formulated by psychoanalyst Melanie Klein, aimed at understanding the dialogue that takes place between the media and social workers in the field of child welfare, centring around incidents of murder within the family. The basic concept in the paper is that when working with children who are victims of abuse and with their parents, and when reporting on them as well, the feeling of personal control is severely undermined, being associated with the loss of the hallowed social value known as unconditional love of a parent for his child'. The paper illustrates these theoretical ideas by describing two cases that took place in Israel and recommendations are made regarding ways of promoting the dialogue between the professions.

Language: en