Dr David H. S. Reid
Dr. D. H .S. REID is a consultant paediatrician. He started his paediatric training as a resident medical doctor at the Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, in 1957. He became a consultant paediatrician in Britain in 1966. He is presently director of the Medical Institute of Research into Child Cruelty (MIRIC). In this book on the Orkney child abuse scandal ("Suffer the little children"), he shows how children and adults can be led into making false confessions. He draws attention to the enormous damage that the present system is creating and suggests ways in which this could be avoided.
The Orkney Child Abuse Scandal - "Suffer the little children" - author Dr D. H. S. Reid
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"It is certainly a book worth writing" |
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"Immensely valuable" |
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"Very detailed" |
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"Excellent" |
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"This book should be read..." |
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"It shows how vulnerable children can be" |
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"A palpable hit..." |
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"Puts the whole sorry saga in perspective" |
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"Answers the question that most people wanted to hear - did it happen?" |
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"Social workers act like the IRA" |
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"A detailed examination" |
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"Discounted abuse in the Orkney children" |
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"No sign of abuse (by the parents)" |
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"Abuse claims were untrue" |
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"The worst child abuse scandal in Britain" |
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"The children were used (by the State) as punch bags" |
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"It may take awkward questions to release a child caught up in the care system" |
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"False confessions in child abuse" |
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"One of the more interesting points in the book is that of the emergence of a new class seeking social control" |
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"Parts of it reduced me to tears. The book should be read by everyone involved in working with families, at whatever level" |
Suffer the little children ISBN 1 871479037
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