Mandatory Reporting Laws and the Identification of Severe Child Abuse and Neglec

Description: Mandatory Reporting Laws and the Identification of Severe Child Abuse and Neglect by Ben Mathews, Donald C. Bross This book provides the first comprehensive international coverage of key issues in mandatory reporting of child abuse and neglect. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description 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. Back Cover 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. Author Biography Ben Mathews, LLB, BA, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the School of Law at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, Australia. He is also Director of Research in the School of Law and is co-Leader of the Childrens Rights and Welfare research program in QUTs Children and Youth Research Centre. His major area of research expertise is in children and the law, with a focus on issues concerning law and child maltreatment, civil damages for child abuse, children and educational systems, medico-legal issues, childrens rights, cultural violence against children, and childrens criminal responsibility. He has conducted large multidisciplinary studies of laws regarding the reporting of child maltreatment and has published extensively in Australia and internationally, with 45 publications. His research and knowledge translation has led to changes in law, policy and practice. Table of Contents Introduction.- Outlining the nature of the book, and the background to the main concerns in the book – Donald C. Bross.- Part 1.- 1 Mandatory reporting laws: their origin, nature and development over time – Ben Mathews.- 2 Who is maltreated and how mandated reporting might help - Desmond K Runyan.- 3 Competing values and evidence: How do we evaluate mandated reporting and CPS response? - Brett Drake and Melissa Jonson-Reid.- 4 An inter-reporter analysis of mandated child maltreatment reporting in the USA - John E. Kesner and Bridget V. Dever.- 5 Privacy and legal duties to warn about unsafe behavior, conditions, or hazards: The example of child abuse and neglect reporting – Donald C. Bross.- 6 The historical background for mandatory reporting laws in public health – Edward Richards.- Part 2.- 7 A theoretical framework for designing and evaluating strategies to identify cases of serious child abuse and neglect – Ben Mathews.- 8 Ethics and the identification and response to child abuse and neglect - Jacqueline J. Glover, Ph.D. and Lisa M. Justis, LCSW, CTS.- 9 Medical perspectives: bioethics/ethics and the duties of medical professionals, and the nature, advantages and limits of public health approaches – Donald Woodhouse.- 10 Economic issues in the community response to child maltreatment – Leonie Segal.- Part 3.- 11 Neglect: Should there be mandatory reporting? – Edward Goldson.- 12 Mandatory reporting and the difficulties identifying and responding to risk of severe neglect: A response requiring a rethink – Bob Lone.- 13 The sins of the (Irish) fathers: Is mandatory reporting the best response? – Helen Buckley.- 14 Mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse by religious leaders – Patrick Parkinson.- Part 3.- 15 Practical issues and challenges for physicians reporting suspected child maltreatment – Emalee Flaherty.- 16 Training in reporting of child maltreatment: Where we are and where we need to go – Maureen C. Kenny.- 17 Anevidence-supported approach to reporting child maltreatment - Brad Donohue, Krisann Alvarez, Kimberly N. Schubert.- 18 Mandatory reporting of child abuse and neglect by health professionals - Debbie Scott and Jennifer Fraser.- 19 The social construction of disclosure: The case of child abuse in Israeli society - Zvi Eisikovits, Jonathan Davidov, Laura Sigad, Rachel Lev-Wiesel.- Part 4.- 20 What will happen to this child if I report? Outcomes of reporting child maltreatment - Theodore P. Cross, Betsy Goulet, Jesse J. Helton, Emily Lux, and Tamara Fuller.- 21 Rethinking the functioning of child protective services - John D. Fluke and Katherine Casillas.- 22 The role of mandatory reporting in preventative child welfare reforms: An uneasy fit? - Leah Bromfield.- 23 Mandatory reporting of child abuse and marginalised families - Heather Douglas and Tamara Walsh.- Part 5.- 24 The identification and reporting of severe violence against children: International standards and practices – Jaap E. Doek.- 25 Legislation concerning reporting of child sexual abuse and child trafficking in India: A closer look – Sibnath Deb. Long Description 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. Feature Provides the first comprehensive international coverage of key issues in mandatory reporting of child abuse and neglect from their origins to the current day A collection of the foremost international experts in this field cover hotly contested debates about the impact and justifiability of the laws, their optimal form, legal and conceptual issues, and practical issues and challenges Situates reporting laws within a system of child welfare and family welfare, overcoming the inadequate and self-defeating divide between child protection and family welfare Details ISBN9402400745 Publisher Springer Series Child Maltreatment Year 2016 ISBN-10 9402400745 ISBN-13 9789402400748 Format Paperback Imprint Springer Place of Publication Dordrecht Country of Publication Netherlands Edited by Ben Mathews DEWEY 306 Language English Media Book Illustrations 17 Illustrations, black and white; XXV, 564 p. 17 illus. Pages 564 Publication Date 2016-10-09 Series Number 4 Author Donald C. 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Publication Name: Mandatory Reporting Laws and the Identification of Severe Child Abuse and Neglect

Language: English

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Item Height: 235 mm

Subject: Law

Publication Year: 2016

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Item Weight: 8832 g

Subject Area: Family Sociology, Civil Law

Author: Ben Mathews, Donald C. Bross

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