19世纪末英国家庭儿童虐待问题的发现与整治

On the Perception and Remediation of Children Abuse in British Family at the End of the 19th Century

儿童作为家庭的私有财产一直不在政府和社会关注的视野之内。然而,19世纪末家庭中的儿童虐待问题引起了英国社会的普遍关注,社会不同力量围绕这一问题作出了不同的努力,并最终促成了1889年《防止虐待和保护儿童法》的出台。防止虐待儿童成为19世纪末英国社会的一项重要工作,但与以往不同的是,它是在儿童权利的名义下进行的。儿童虐待问题成为英国儿童权利观念诞生的一个突破口。

Children, long been treated as the private property, has attracted less attention of the public. However, cruelty to chil- dren in British family at the end of the 19th century aroused people＇s concern over this issue, on which great efforts have been made from different social forces, resulting in the introduction of Prevention of Cruelty. and Children Protection Bill in 1889. Since then, prevention of cruelty to children has become an important mission for the British society at the end of 19th century. Quite different from the past, it is under the name of the children＇ rights. In a word, the topic of cruelty to children becomes a breakthrough for the birth of conception of children＇s rights in Britain.