A 16 year-old girl was recently murdered by her father in Canada. And apparently, her friends, school authorities, and youth shelter workers were aware that this girl was being abused by her father and brother.
http://www.thestar.com/article/284824
And this makes me wonder. Why didn't anybody report this chilld abuse to the Social Services? Why was it allowed to escalate to murder? Is there any law which says that people working with children have to report child abuse, when they suspect it?
2007-12-12 03:03:28 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
The problem is that everyone tries to be politically correct when it comes to religious upbringings, etc... no one wanted to insult Islam or Muslims and look at what happened.
It's the fear of discrimination/human rights law suits that makes everyone look the other way. Canada has become too politically correct and accomodating.
2007-12-12 03:12:37 · answer #1 · answered by wonder222 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Even if there is a law, people are reluctant to get involved with cases such as this for two reasons: What if they are wrong? And 2, what if the case is mishandled, making the situation for the child even worse. Sometimes, it's a double egde sword. It's very unfortunate, that his happened, and maybe this will be teh wake-up call that Cananda needs. Handling of CHild abuse cases in the US is taken very seriously but is still basically a trial and error type of thing. It's never handeled the same and in some jurisdictions, Social Services are way overloaded with cases and many cases are not handled properly. It doesn't happen often, but unfortunately there are too many cases where there are victims who at one time or another, cried out for help.
2007-12-12 03:11:30 · answer #2 · answered by Ray 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the US a teacher has to report 'resonable suspicion' of child abuse, I don't know about Canadian law.
But, from the article, I'm not sure the fathers treatment of the daughter would classify as child abuse until the time at which he killed her, or that if it did the teachers could have known it.
Parents are allowed to discipline their kids for breaking their parents rules and since the article says she didn't come to school with bruises a teacher would have been hard pressed to say they had evidence of abuse.
Richard
2007-12-12 03:49:35 · answer #3 · answered by rickinnocal 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't know about the laws in Canada, but here in the US, teachers are to report signs of child abuse to the appropriate authorities for investigation. But I would think that the teachers and educational figureheads of Canada would be morally obligated to report it.
2007-12-12 03:17:22 · answer #4 · answered by Survivors Ready? 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it would be an adults obligation to report suspected child abuse to the authorities. Not doing so seems criminal to me.
2007-12-12 03:09:12 · answer #5 · answered by bgmcfn 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I know that in the US, teachers are mandated reporters. They would have to inform the police or CPS or they could lose their job. Not sure about Canada, though...?
2007-12-12 03:12:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i just read the article. very sad. no blame here for the victim, she was smart and strong. but i think possibly smart enough to know who dad is and his beliefs. when i was a teen i know who my parents were,i graduated high school and left, free to do my own thing and boy did i screw it up.
2007-12-12 03:37:36 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't know about Canada, but in the US they are required to.
2007-12-12 03:16:57 · answer #8 · answered by mattgo64 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i think they are supposed to report it, I would be very unhappy if someone thought someone was hurting my child and didn't say anything!! very irresponsible
2007-12-12 03:11:12 · answer #9 · answered by Bambam 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes the are
2007-12-12 03:07:10 · answer #10 · answered by butterfly 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋