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Section 6
Abusive Head Trauma: Two Case Studies and Victim Characteristics

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- Injury, Suicide and Violence Prevention Program - Virginia Department of Health. Abusive Head Trauma (Shaken Baby Syndrome) In Virginia, 2004-2008. Virginia injury Update, Vol. 4, Issue 3, October 2010, p. 1-2.

Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: Characteristic
Features, Diagnosis, and Management

- Araki, T., Yokota, H., & Morita, A. (2017). Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury: Characteristic Features, Diagnosis, and Management. Neurologia medico-chirurgica, 57(2), 82–93. doi:10.2176/nmc.ra.2016-0191.

Update
Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma

Joyce, T., Gossman, W., & Huecker, M. R. (2023). Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma. In StatPearls. StatPearls Publishing.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article References:
Blasbalg, U., Hershkowitz, I., Lamb, M. E., Karni-Visel, Y., & Ahern, E. C. (2019). Is interviewer support associated with the reduced reluctance and enhanced informativeness of alleged child abuse victims? Law and Human Behavior, 43(2), 156–165.

Hershkowitz, I., & Lamb, M. E. (2020). Allegation rates and credibility assessment in forensic interviews of alleged child abuse victims: Comparing the revised and standard NICHD protocols. Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, 26(2), 176–184.

Kita, S., Hayashi, M., Umeshita, K., Tobe, H., Uehara, N., Matsunaga, M., & Kamibeppu, K. (2020). Intimate partner violence and maternal child abuse: The mediating effects of mothers’ postnatal depression, mother-to-infant bonding failure, and hostile attributions to children’s behaviors. Psychology of Violence, 10(3), 279–289.

McGuigan, W. M., Vuchinich, S., & Pratt, C. C. (2000). Domestic violence, parents' view of their infant, and risk for child abuse. Journal of Family Psychology, 14(4), 613–624.

QUESTION 6
In Case One, what is the reason that both parents were convicted in court and are serving jail time? To select and enter your answer go to Test.