Child Protective ServicesFree‐Range ParentingHelicopter Parentingand Unsupervised TravelGranting children a level of independence to travel unsupervised to local neighborhood areas lies within the parents' discretion to raise their children as they see fit. Failing to recognize that such discretion is ...
The primary purpose of this study is to determine whether child protective services investigators apply a recognizable set of criteria to substantiate batterers and victims of battering for exposing their children to domestic violence. Although domestic violence occurred in 35% of the 1,248 substantiated...
Over the last several years, judges, lawyers, domestic violence professionals and child protective services workers have joined to develop policies and practices for working more effectively in cases involving domestic violence and child maltreatment. While those efforts have met with some success, one ...
The backlash against child-protective services spurred the establishment, in 1984, of an information and support group known as Victims of Child Abuse Laws (VOCAL). VOCAL claims to have thousands of members nationwide, and its members lobby for new laws that protect not only children but also ...
child abuse- the physical or emotional or sexual mistreatment of children abuse,ill-treatment,ill-usage,maltreatment- cruel or inhumane treatment; "the child showed signs of physical abuse" Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc. ...
Failure to continue to get help for a child who is not doing well or who is improperly cared for may be interpreted as another form of neglect. This can result in criminal action or action by local child protective services that may result in children being removed from the home and placed...
Saeidi asked Sarah Font, a former child protective services agent, "How will it harm siblings if we know how many times ACS was called, and what they did?" "I see no way in which it possibly could. I just don't think that excuse makes any sense," Font said. ...
The United States relies on the Child Protective Service (CPS) system to protect children from abuse and neglect. The foundation of this system is reporting—reporting is supposed to bring maltreated children to the attention of CPS and CPS is supposed t
A new study by researchers at the University at Buffalo suggests that Child Protective Services (CPS) caseworkers may need to use a more all-encompassing approach to improve how they respond to cases of chronic neglect. Neglect accounts for more than 70 percent of cases reported nationally to ...
Typically, an agent from Child Protective Services will be sent to the home to assess the environment in which the children live. The agent may interview the parents, children, other family members, and neighbors to assess the gravity of the situation and gain an understanding of the contributin...