When should parents call the police/social services in relation to violence to or in front of children?
Social services have a tendency to take children into care and discuss the situation later. Any parent who accepts violence to or in front of their children may not get them back. What about threats of violence, but not actual violence? So under what circumstances should parents call in the police?
For example :-
a) Violence in the home by visitors (e.g. friends or relatives)?
b) Threats of violence towards the family (including the parents) to come round to the home by visitors (e.g. friends or relatives)?
c) As for a and b above, but by strangers who know (or who do not know) where you live?
d) Loan sharks who threaten violence, on a regular basis, if you do not pay; some of these will commit violence some will not actually do it; can you wait until the violence actually happens?.
e) As for d) but criminals demanding ?protection? money or sex.
f) Threats made by people down the pub, who are drunk.
g) Violence witnessed whilst walking down the street.
h) A break in by criminals who damage personal belongings (whether you are in the home or not).
i) Where a threat of violence is made but in your opinion it will not actually be carried out. What happens if it is actually carried out; do you have reasonable grounds for defending your opinion?
Under some circumstances if you do not report violence to or in front of the children, social services and the courts consider this serious neglect, and may permanently remove the children from your care and may imprison you; will this happen if threats are made but not actually carried out?
I am trying to find advice on the circumstances concerned, does anyone know where to go to find it.
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When to report violence to children to police?
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Rolston · 28/12/2012 01:09
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