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
(2005). Overreporting and underreporting of child abuse: Teachers' use of professional discretion. Child Abuse and Neglect, 29, 1281-1296. doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2004.02.007Webster SW, O'Toole R, O'Toole AW, Lucal B. Over- reporting and underreporting of child abuse: teachers' use of ...
(2021), found that the most prevalent child maltreatment-related investigations among newcomer families were related to physical abuse (27%), exposure to intimate partner violence (24%), neglect (11%), emotional maltreatment (2%), and sexual abuse (2%). Current scholarship on COVID-19 in ...
the Ohio Supreme Court that would have limited the use of a teacher's testimony in a case involving child abuse.Against the backdrop of the need to protect children from abuse and neglect, the first substantive part of this column reviews the facts and the Supreme Court's holding in Clark...
What is the statute of limitations for sexual abuse in Ohio and in Kentucky? Can something be done if the sexual abuse happened in 1968 and 1969 to a minor who was 16 years old at the time? It was reported to a principal of the child's school in 1968, and a doctor of psychology ...