bessie
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Punishment and torture. It's common in cases of sexual abuse and slavery.Cigarette burns are not speculation. BELIEVE your child if they say something like that - a 5 yr old won't make up that kind of s***. :furious:
(I'm beginning to believe the cigarette may have been used as a punishment for not being... compliant... :cry
http://bms.brown.edu/pedisurg/Brown/Handbook/Trauma/ChildAbuse.html
[SIZE=+1]REPORTING SUSPECTED CHILD ABUSE
REFERRAL TO THE CHILD PROTECTION SERVICE
[/SIZE]When to suspect child abuse or neglect
[SIZE=-1]"Cigarette burns, multiple or in various stages of healing[/SIZE]"
http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles/91190-6.pdf
from the U.S. Department of Justice
Office of Juvenile Justice and Dellinquency Prevention
Burn Injuries in Child Abuse
"Multiple cigarette burns are distinctly characteristic of child abuse."
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