In a recent article in this journal our unit was accused of a number of errors of judgment in applying covert video surveillance (CVS) to infants and children suspected of life-threatening abuse. The article implied, that on moving from the Royal Brompton Hospital in London to North Staffordshire Hospital, we failed to present our work to the Research Ethics Committee (REC). We did send our pro...

Whenever an allegation of child abuse or neglect is made, the Division of Child Protection and Permanency (DCP&P) 2 , formerly known as the Division of Youth and Family Services (DYFS), is required to initiate an investigation. N.J.A.C. 10:129-2.1(a). If the evidence gathered during the investigation leads to the conclusion that it is more likely than not that the accused person committed an ac...

In the famous Dumas novel The Count of Monte Cristo[4], the (future) count is falsely accused of treason. Only after a long and difficult fight does he achieve respectability and reveal his adversaries as imposters. Similarly, Monte Carlo techniques are falsely accused of several crimes, including wasting computational resources, missing errors, and inadequate feedback. However, a more detailed...

Organizations often respond to allegations of wrongdoing made by whistle-blowers. Response mechanisms may take several forms, from simply denying the wrongdoing, to offering an apology. This study sought to examine the various response strategies an organization employed after a whistle-blowing incident. Using the whistle-blowing case of Brown and Williamson Tobacco Company, this study sought t...

The present study provides a discourse analysis of judicial attributions about battered women in Canadian sentencing decisions involving women convicted of killing their abusive intimate partners. For cases in which the accused received a jail sentence, judges downgraded acts of previous partner violence by using minimizing descriptions and by emphasizing the mutuality of the violence and of su...