Confronting Child Abuse

Lydia Sullivan Lewis 2W

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CONFRONTING CHILD ABUSE. (2003, Jul 01). Boston Globe Retrieved from http:// search.proquest.com/docview/405535767?accountid=17222

Editorial’s central claim:

The awareness of child abuse has improved in Massachusetts, but prevention measures need to keep up.

Significant piece of evidence used to support the argument:

“The state Department of Social Services conducts roughly 37,000 child abuse investigations annually. Of those, 21,000 are recommended for follow-up action by prosecutors or caseworkers. But no one should assume that all is well in the rest of the homes.”

My opinion of the claim:

I agree strongly with this editorial’s claim. I agree that although there is awareness circulating about child abuse, prevention tactics need to improve to keep up with the large numbers of child abuse cases. After reading about the possible prevention measures, I agree with the decision to introduce caseworkers into new sections of Boston to give strategies for preventing child abuse. The end of the editorial explains how beneficial centers for child abuse prevention could be. However, there are none of these centers in Massachusetts. I also agree that these centers would be beneficial. Over all, I strongly agree with the central claim of this Boston Globe editorial.