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I chose Shaken Baby Syndrome as the topic but if you decide on a different one that will be okay as well.

LITERATURE REVIEW

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LITERATURE REVIEW ASSIGNMENT

Students are required to choose a “controversial” topic in child maltreatment and conduct a literature review exploring multiple sides of the issue. Students are required to review a minimum of 4 scholarly journal articles for this assignment. This assignment MUST be APA format. DO NOT plagiarize this assignment! Below are some resources to help with APA and writing the literature review. If you have questions, please contact me for assistance.

Writing a short literature review.pdf

Purdue APA.pdf

Possible broad topics for this assignment are: All other topicsMUST BE APPROVED by the instructor!!!!

  • Shaken baby syndrome
  • Alternative response vs. traditional investigations
  • Parental rights vs. parents patriae
  • Laws holding parents responsible for allowing children to witness Domestic violence
  • Family preservation vs. out-of-home placement
  • Physical Discipline/Corporate Punishment
  • Grandparent’s rights/visitation
  • Laws allowing parents to forego medical treatment for religious beliefs
  • Obesity as a form of child abuse
  • Single parents in the military – deployment vs. neglect/abandonment
  • Repressed/recovered memories of child abuse
  • Same sex foster/adoptive parents
  • Parent Alienation Syndrome

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Running head: SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME

SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME
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SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME

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SHAKEN BABY SYNDROME.
Shaken baby syndrome-also known as shaken impact syndrome, whiplash shake syndrome,
inflicted head injury or abusive head trauma-is a severe injury of the brain which results from
shaking a toddler or infant forcefully. The shaken baby syndrome causes damage to the brain cells
of a child and hinders their brain from obtaining enough oxygen. The syndrome is a form of abuse
to the child and can cause permanent damage of the brain or even death of the child. The shaken
baby syndrome can be prevented by helping parents and caregivers by educating them about the
grave dangers of the syndrome.
Blumenthal (2002) examined the markers of injury in shaken baby syndrome. He found
out that retinal and subdural hemorrhages are the markers of a shaking injury. His study found out
that the syndrome is the very common cause of neurological injury or death resulting from an
abuse of the child. Improved neuropathology of recent times and techniques of imaging have found
that brain injury cause in babies is hypoxic-ischaemic encephalopathy. He also examined clinical
signs of the syndrome and found out various injuries that could indicate the shaken baby synd...


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