protocols

["Sandi McLeod" <mcleods@xxxxxxxxx>]

Dear David Finkelhor,

The National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect Information saw 
your question on the listserv regarding protocols for conditions 
under which CPS might be called in when law enforcement, shelter 
personnel, etc. are investigating wife abuse cases.

We have a couple of documents in our database which might be of 
interest to you.  The first is a technical report from the 
Massachusetts State Dept. of Social Services entitled, "Domestic 
Violence Protocol for CPS", 1995.  This protocol outlines the 
procedures for risk assessment and intervention in cases of domestic 
violence.   

The other document is a proceedings paper (under copyright) presented 
at the National Conference on Children Exposed to Family Violence, 
Family Violence and Sexual Assault Institute (fvsai@e-tex.com).  The 
paper is entitled, "Examining Collaboration Models Between Child 
Protective Services Agencies and Domestic Violence Programs", C. J.  
Helmke, 1996.

If you have not already done so, please visit our web site at:
http://www.calib.com/nccanch.  In addition to publications and 
services available from the Clearinghouse, it provides you with 
access to our entire documents database of over 24,000 titles.

If I can be of further assistance to you, please contact the 
Clearinghouse via e-mail or by using our toll-free number, (800) 
394-3366.

Sincerely,
Sandi McLeod
NCCAN Clearinghouse