Our Childrens' Commissioner wants, 'mandatory screening of every baby's home life in a bid to halve New Zealand's high child murder rate.'
Now this is really something like imposing on the many to better control the few ... and the basis for this ... Researcher Janet Fanslow says, 'home visitation is one of the only proven methods to reduce the child abuse rate. Parenting programmes also worked, but to a lesser extent.'
Perhaps I have missed something here, but I am sure a considerable number of children abused and killed over the years have been under CYF's supervision and/or care.
In addition there are always greater efficiencies to be made by targetting resources to where the problem is.
Surely this overinclusion isn't simply an endeavour to preserve a PC perspective?
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Between 2000 and November 2006 7 children who had been notified to CYF were subsequently killed by a parent or caregiver
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