TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1996//
TI  - Professional attitudes regarding treatment and punishment of incest: Comparing police, child welfare, and community mental health
JO  - Journal of family violence
A1  - Trute, B.
A1  - Adkins, E.
A1  - MacDonald, Geoff
SP  - 237
EP  - 249
VL  - 11
IS  - 3
N2  - Brief case histories involving incest were presented to police officers, child welfare workers, and community mental health practitioners in a rural area in Canada. Intervention priorities involving "treatment versus punishment" were assessed across the three professional groups for each specific case vignette. Attitudes were assessed on three factors: perpetrator mentally ill rather than criminal, view regarding treatment of victims and mothers, and support for court mandated treatment. Police and community mental health practitioners had significantly different attitudes as to whether perpetrators of child sexual abuse should be viewed more as criminals or as mentally disturbed. Both mental health and child welfare staff differed significantly from police with a less punitive view towards victims and their mothers. All three profressional groups showed no difference in their modest endorsement of the use of mandated treatment by the courts. Gender was not found to influence response to case vignettes.<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0885-7482
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02336943
ID  - ref1
ER  -