Intrafamilial child torture: Making the Case for a Distinct Category of Child Maltreatment

Intrafamilial Child Torture (ICT) - a new and emerging category of child maltreatment-  is torture inflicted on children by their parents or other caregivers.

The Center for Child Policy developed the first interdisciplinary definition and developed the first comprehensive case study of a child torture survivor from clinical data. This case study is the first to document longitudinal outcomes of a child survivor, from childhood to adolescence, early adulthood, and middle adulthood. 

• What Is ICT? How Does it Differ from Other Forms of Child Maltreatment?
• Early Definitions of ICT and Writings on Torture That Have Informed Our Definition
• Descriptions of More General Forms of Child Maltreatment
• Contributing Factors to Child Maltreatment
• The Dynamics of Perpetrators in ICT
• Child Safety in Situations of ICT
• Reunification and Family Preservation, Kinship care, Therapy
• Multidisciplinary Collaboration in Responding to Child Torture

Download the policy report (PDF) here.

Download the case study (PDF) here.