Many people probably will not read this book. It is unlikely that any topic in bookstores is considered a cash poison, as well as the topic of cruelty with children. This is not because of the lack of relevance. The number of cases scares and increases for many years, which leads to alarmed reports of the media annually after the presentation of crime statistics. Again and again, especially dramatic cases tremble. Nevertheless, acute indignation has subsided, only those who had sexual violence against children who should do: the victims and their families, therapists: the interior working in the welfare of youth, judges: inside, the public: inside and teacher: inside.
Although even the last three professional groups are not absolutely versed in this field, as we can assume: there are still not enough basic knowledge about prevention, as well as the scale and consequences of sexual violence against children and adolescents themselves with professional groups, which are often associated with victims.
Journalist Miriam Hess condemns this structural disinterest. Your book “Turn from the side. How Germany fails in the fight against cruel treatment of children, ”is an indictment. Using the example of several scandals over the past few years, starting with the “Camps on the camps” in the North Rhine-Vestfal Lugde to boys, offered to the mother and a partner for rape of the situation, especially in cases of complex violence?
Official and human failure
In addition, Hesse again wrapps all the incredible details of the official and human failure: there is a psychologist whose 40-page report is sent back to the welfare of the welfare of youth with a warning about the life of the adopted child. The welfare youth office in Tubingen, which ignores links to acute sexual violence from the adoptive father for several weeks and says only to one: accused. The district police in Lippa, from which the carriers of the data of the main criminal Lugde disappears. They are still missing today.
Much of this is already known, other new ones. Hesse is to show how the failure of people, whether it is, lack of time or a narrow spouse. To the circumstances that lead to the child are dead, tortured or raped for many years, despite the various information about risk.
Miriam Hesse provides a case (after) thematically suitable interviews with an expert: Inside. They are often read quite expected: the chief prosecutor Georg Ungak calls on to more authority to protect data for investigators. Andrea Wimmer from the Munich orphanage complains that the points of protection, such as their hopelessly overloaded and under -financed, are overloaded. Both of this data protection in Germany too often prevents the protection of children, and that the protection of children has a politically zero priority.
The fact that a journalist can also be taken too much from the small logic and technical language of the Drogen authorities (“lever”), and give interviews, rather, the character’s character makes it difficult to read in some places.
Glare is rare
Hesse’s book is most interesting, where it very accurately calls structural errors, such as a dramatic imbalance between strong parental rights and hardly existing form (not to mention commitment) for children. Or where you ask about the specific consequences of failure: for example, cases in Staufen and Munster meant that further preparation for family judges: at least, is legally recommended. In addition, judges should get a child’s personal picture at a hearing at the hearing, which may make it difficult for abnormal parents in the future. And well -known underpayed judicial services for children will receive a little more money in the future, but not enough to stop the dramatic absence of personnel in this area.
There are real bright places, such as the complete restructuring of the Breisgau-Hochenshwald Office of Social Support of Youth in Children’s needs, but they are rare, book show of Hesse. In general, in Germany, the fact that the procedural consultant Katya sec formulates: “Everyone is talking about the rights of children, but there are too few words.”
