Child Abuse Cases Linked to Accusations of Possession and Witchcraft

Eleanor Stobart's analysis examines cases of child abuse linked to accusations of 'possession' and 'witchcraft'. The work aims to identify common features and patterns, such as scapegoating, family structure, and disability, to enable early risk identification. It provides recommendations for improving information gathering, guidance, and child protection practices across public, NGO, and faith-based sectors.

Use Cases

• Identifying risk factors for child abuse based on described features like scapegoating and family structure.
• Developing guidance for child protection agencies based on analysis of known case features.
• Analyzing international context and community involvement practices in cases of abuse linked to supernatural accusations.

Strengths

• Analysis is based on identified common features across known cases, such as scapegoating and disability.
• Provides concrete recommendations for multiple sectors including public services and faith-based organizations.

Limitations

• The underlying dataset's columns, row count, and sample data are unknown.
• License is listed as 'closed', restricting open access and reuse.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Eleanor Stobart

Collection Method

Analysis of known cases, likely involving qualitative review.