Eric Martin, age 21 of Fitchburg MA, has recently been sentenced to twelve to fifteen years in prison for intentionally scalding his girlfriends two year old son in a bathtub. The child, Jacob, suffered first and second degree burns and was hospitalized for ten days. Martin eventually confessed that he put the son into this 150 degreet water because he was in a fight with the childs mother.
An important role in the social work vocation is to deal with the issue of child abuse, as well as speaking with both the victim and the prosecutor. This case is a perfect example of what a social worker may have to deal with.
To read more about this story visit the Worcester's Telegram,
at http://www.telegram.com/article/20100204/NEWS/100209889/1116
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