Mandatory reporting laws and the identification of severe child abuse and neglect/ : edited by Ben Mathews and Donald C. Cross

This book provides the first comprehensive international coverage of key issues in mandatory reporting of child abuse and neglect. The book draws on a collection of the foremost scholars in the field, as well as clinicians and practice-based experts, to explore the nature, history, impact and justifiability of mandatory reporting laws, their optimal form, legal and conceptual issues, and practical issues and challenges for reporters, professional educators and governments. Key issues in non-Western nations are also explored briefly to assess the potential of socio-legal responses sex trafficking, forced child labour and child marriage. The book is of particular value to policy makers, educators and opinion leaders in government departments dealing with children, and to professionals and organisations who work with children. It is also intended to be a key authority for researchers and teachers in the fields of medicine, nursing, social work, education, law, psychology, health and allied health fields. --Provided by publisher Front Matter....Pages i-xxv Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Mandatory Reporting Laws: Their Origin, Nature, and Development over Time....Pages 3-25 Who Is Maltreated and How Mandated Reporting Might Help....Pages 27-31 Competing Values and Evidence: How Do We Evaluate Mandated Reporting and CPS Response?....Pages 33-60 An Inter-reporter Analysis of Mandated Child Maltreatment Reporting in the USA....Pages 61-75 Privacy and Legal Duties to Warn About Unsafe Behaviors, Conditions, or Hazards: The Example of Child Abuse and Neglect Reporting....Pages 77-104 The Historical Background for Mandatory Reporting Laws in Public Health....Pages 105-123 Front Matter....Pages 125-125 A Theoretical Framework for Designing and Evaluating Strategies to Identify Cases of Serious Child Abuse and Neglect....Pages 127-156 Ethics and the Identification and Response to Child Abuse and Neglect....Pages 157-171 Medical Perspectives: Bioethics/Ethics and the Duties of Medical Professionals and the Nature, Advantages, and Limits of Public Health Approaches....Pages 173-191 Economic Issues in the Community Response to Child Maltreatment....Pages 193-216 Front Matter....Pages 217-217 Neglect: Should There Be Mandatory Reporting?....Pages 219-244 Mandatory Reporting and the Difficulties Identifying and Responding to Risk of Severe Neglect: A Response Requiring a Rethink....Pages 245-273 The Sins of the (Irish) Fathers: Is Mandatory Reporting the Best Response?....Pages 275-294 Mandatory Reporting of Child Sexual Abuse by Religious Leaders....Pages 295-308 Front Matter....Pages 309-309 Practical Issues and Challenges for Physicians Reporting Suspected Child Maltreatment....Pages 311-325 Training in Reporting of Child Maltreatment: Where We Are and Where We Need to Go....Pages 327-346 An Evidence-Supported Approach to Reporting Child Maltreatment....Pages 347-379 Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect by Health Professionals....Pages 381-393 The Social Construction of Disclosure: The Case of Child Abuse in Israeli Society....Pages 395-413 Front Matter....Pages 415-415 What Will Happen to This Child If I Report? Outcomes of Reporting Child Maltreatment....Pages 417-441 Front Matter....Pages 415-415 Rethinking the Functioning of Child Protective Services....Pages 443-465 The Role of Mandatory Reporting in Preventative Child Welfare Reforms: An Uneasy Fit?....Pages 467-490 Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse and Marginalised Families....Pages 491-509 Front Matter....Pages 511-511 The Identification and Reporting of Severe Violence Against Children: International Standards and Practices....Pages 513-539 Legislation Concerning Reporting of Child Sexual Abuse and Child Trafficking in India: A Closer Look....Pages 541-564 This books provides the first comprehensive international coverage of key issues in mandatory reporting of child abuse and neglect. The book draws on a collection of the foremost scholars in the field, as well as clinicians and practice-based experts, to explore the nature, history, impact and justifiability of mandatory reporting laws, their optimal form, legal and conceptual issues, and practical issues and challenges for reporters, professional educators and governments. Key issues in non-Western nations are also explored briefly to assess the potential of socio-legal responses sex trafficking, forced child labour and child marriage. The book is of particular value to policy makers, educators and opinion leaders in government departments dealing with children, and to professionals and organisations who work with children. It is also intended to be a key authority for researchers and teachers in the fields of medicine, nursing, social work, education, law, psychology, health and allied health fields