title: Instruction No. 3/1988, 1 June 1988.
abstract: This Instruction contains provisions relating to the injury and maltreatment of children and women and the enforcement of support payments to women and children. With respect to the maltreatment of children, it provides that the Spanish Office of the Public Prosecutor shall a) curb child abuse; b) take decisive action to protect minors who have been abused or are helpless and to execute the new responsibilities imposed by Law 21/1987 of November 11, which modifies the Civil Code with respect to adoption; and c) collect the necessary data with regard to felonies or misdemeanors that involve child abuse so as to allow for the compilation of annual statistics which may identify the magnitude of this problem; With respect to the maltreatment of women, the prosecutor shall a) curb the abuse of women, investigating those cases where a lack of evidence exists because women are afraid; and b) collect the necessary data with regard to felonies or misdemeanors that involve the abuse of women so as to allow for the compilation of annual statistics which may identify the social reality of this problem. With respect to support payments, the Instruction urges all prosecutors to monitor the execution of support payments using all judicial means authorized, including penal actions when applicable, or enforcement mechanisms which have been mentioned in this memo, that is, conditioning visitation rights on timely payment of the support established for food and education of the children. In Circular No. 32 of 15 April 1988, the National Directorate of Police is called on to provide all necessary police assistance to women who have been the object of illegitimate acts of force so that they can report such acts and to inform women of laws designed to help them and the means of availing themselves of these laws. See Anuario de Derecho Penal y Ciencias Penales, Vol. 41, No. 3, September-December 1988, p. 978.
mesh_terms: D001519:Behavior; D002649:Child Abuse; D002654:Child Care; D002668:Child Rearing; D003415:Crime; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D005060:Europe; D007878:Legislation as Topic; D011640:Public Policy; D012940:Social Problems; D013030:Spain; D014754:Violence
keywords: Behavior; Child Abuse--legal aspects; Child Rearing; Child Support--legal aspects; Crime; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Europe; Laws And Statutes; Mediterranean Countries; Microeconomic Factors; Social Problems; Social Protection--legal aspects; Southern Europe; Spain; Spousal Support--legal aspects; Violence--women