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

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.