Those of you who follow shaken baby syndrome cases may have noticed, as I have, that SBS charges seem to fall disproportionately upon babysitters, including family members. However, this is strictly an anecdotal observation on my part, and I have no real data to back it up. But just ask Audrey Edmunds.
I’m sure this is a consequence of being a “lone caregiver” with no other adult witnesses who would be able to testify that the babysitter never abused the child. This is typical of SBS cases. If a child dies and presents SBS (triad) symptoms, the last person alone with the child is “automatically” charged.
If you’re not aware, Sue Luttner maintains an extraordinarily good blog about SBS – OnSBS.com. She has recently posted an article addressing the cases of five babysitters and their travails with the justice system and SBS charges – Mary Weaver, Kelly Kline, Ashley Howes, Suzanne Johnson, and Marina England.
Here is a link to that post:
http://onsbs.com/2013/04/08/old-cases-new-cases-sad-cases-true-cases/
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Your hunch seems to be correct, Mr. Locke. I’ve seen no recent data, but a 1995 paper in the journal Pediatrics (Starling et al., “Abusive Head Trauma: The Relationship of Perpetrators to Their Victims,” Vol. 95, No. 2, February 1995) concluded that baby-sitters accounted for an astonishing 21 percent of the injuries. Most studies of physical abuse, excluding sexual abuse, attribute no more than 2 to 4 percent of the assaults to babysitters. The authors in 1995 concluded that babysitters “represent a significant group of perpetrators previously unrecognized.”
Thank you for your interest in this important but difficult topic.
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I too was a victim of Dr Daryl Steiners wrongful accusations and was acquitted . Messes with me everyday , he took my family from me . Live in anguish everyday because of him .