Child Abuse Legislation: Reporting Laws, Standards for Intervention, Passive Abuse, Fatal Abuse

by Finkelman,Byrgen P.

• ISBN13: 9780815318224
• ISBN10: 0815318227
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1995-03-01
• Publisher: Routledge

Table of Contents

Series Introduction
Volume Introduction
Further Reading
Child Abuse Reporting Laws: The Shape of the Legislation	p. 1
Reporting Child Abuse	p. 51
Towards a More Practical Central Registry	p. 55
The Battered Child Syndrome	p. 76
Child Abuse - The Battered Child Syndrome - Liability Arising From Reporting Laws - Landeros v. Flood, 50 Cal. App. 3d 189, 123 Cal. Rptr. 713 (1975)	p. 86
Putting Central Registers to Work	p. 97
A Glance at the Past, A Gaze at the Present, A Glimpse at the Future: A Critical Analysis of the Development of Child Abuse Reporting Statutes	p. 103
The Helping Hand Strikes Again: Unintended Consequences of Child Abuse Reporting	p. 149
Conflict of Interest Between Therapist-Patient Confidentiality and the Duty to Report Sexual Abuse of Children	p. 155
Effects of Statutes Requiring Psychiatrists to Report Suspected Sexual Abuse of Children	p. 169
Teachers' Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs About Child Abuse and its Prevention	p. 175
The Effects of Statutory Requirements on Child Maltreatment Reporting: A Comparison of Two State Laws	p. 186
The Identification and Reporting of Physical Abuse by Physicians: A Review and Implications for Research	p. 199
Suggested Guidelines for Child Abuse Laws	p. 215
Standards Relating to Abuse and Neglect	p. 221
"Family Autonomy" or "Coercive Intervention"? Ambiguity and Conflict in the Proposed Standards for Child Abuse and Neglect	p. 228
Accountability in the Child Protection System: A Defense of the Proposed Standards Relating to Abuse and Neglect	p. 265
"Doing Something" About Child Abuse: The Need to Narrow the Grounds for State Intervention	p. 291
Fatal Child Abuse: A Two-Decade Review	p. 342
Murder by Child Abuse	p. 347
The "Shame" of Michigan's Child Abuse Law: A Call for Legislative Action	p. 360
The Guilty Bystander: Leet v. State	p. 369
Acknowledgments	p. 401
Series Index by Author	p. 405
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