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The Abused Child: Problems And Proposals, Harvey J. Eger, Anthony J. Popeck

Duquesne Law Review

In 1962 a team of physicians led by Dr. C. Henry Kempe identified problem they called "the battered child syndrome." The Kempe study defined the problem as a clinical condition in young children who have received serious physical abuse from a parent or foster parent. Graham Parker, a student of the syndrome, defined the battered child as "one who has suffered serious physical injury in circumstances which indicate it was caused wilfully [sic] rather than by accident." Later students have distinguished the battered or abused child from the neglected child and have begun to inquire into the psychological condition of …