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The government’s efforts to deal with this issue reflect increasing pressure to act, pressure from campaigners and from international institutions. There is a reluctance to totally prohibit smacking as they do not wish to be seen as a ‘nanny state’ and perhaps arouse parental hostility. In July 1979 Sweden became the first country to ban all forms of corporal punishment of children by all carers, including parents. A report in February 2000 by Joan Durrant for Save the Children Fund showed that: ■ youth crime rates did not rise; ■ the proportion of youth convicted of theft declined by 21%; ■ between 1970 and 1996 the proportion of youths involved in narcotics crimes declined by 75%; ■ young people’s drug and alcohol intake and suicide rates also declined; ■ during the 1980s no Swedish child died as a result of physical abuse; ■ four children were killed between 1990 and 1996 but only one at the hands of a parent; ■ the number of children coming into care has decreased by 26% since 1982.
EVERY DISABLED CHILD MATTERS Every Disabled Child Matters is a campaign to get rights and justice for every disabled child. It is jointly led by four organisations that work with disabled children and their families: Contact a Family, Council for Disabled Children, Mencap and the Special Educational Consortium. uk for further details. 48 GOOD PRACTICE IN SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN K EY T ERMS You need to know what these words and phrases mean: attachment bonding cultural differences domestic violence economic factors genetic factors inequalities maternal deprivation patriarchal society perpetrator predisposing factors psychological factors social and environmental factors vulnerability factors Resources Dwivedi, K.
Recent Home Office figures show that domestic violence claims 150 lives each year, it accounts for one-quarter of all violent crime, on average there will be 35 assaults before a victim calls the police, and it claims the lives of two women each week. It costs in excess of £5 million a year. It is estimated that 1 in 4 women may experience violence in their relationships with men A Hackney study, Links Between Domestic Violence and Child Abuse, showed that half the women killed each year were killed by partners, and 100 000 women each year DEFINING ABUSE 29 seek medical help for injuries caused by partners.