CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT - A REPORT ON THE STATUS OF THE RESEARCH

• NCJ Number: 16289
• Author(s): M HURT
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 63 pages
• Corporate Author: US Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare
• Sale Source: Superintendent of Documents, GPO; National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

DISCUSSION OF THE VARIOUS PROBLEMS IN THIS FIELD, WITH INFORMATION ON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS.

Abstract

THE BACKGROUND OF OUR PERCEPTION OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT IS DESCRIBED ALONG WITH THE PAST DIFFICULTIES OF DEFINING AND SOLVING THE PROBLEMS. THE FOCUS IS ON THE PARENTS AND CHILDREN INVOLVED, THEIR ENVIRONMENT, AND HOW THEY ARE AFFECTED BY CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT. THE PROBLEMS OF DETERMINING THE EXTENT OF CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT, INCLUDING PUBLIC AWARENESS, OBSTACLES TO REPORTING, AND THE SPECIAL ROLE OF THE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY TEAM IN DIAGNOSING AND REPORTING CHILD ABUSE, ARE ALSO DESCRIBED. A DISCUSSION ON INTERVENTION IN THE FAMILY TO PREVENT OR REDUCE THE LIKELIHOOD OF RECURRENCE OF ABUSE IS ALSO INCLUDED. IN ADDITION TO THE CITED REFERENCES, THREE APPENDIXES ARE INCLUDED - THE TEXT OF THE CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT ACT, ABSTRACTS OF CURRENT FEDERAL RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS ON CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT, AND AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF RESEARCH ON CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)