RE: Underreporting of maltreatment

[<Enrique.Gracia@xxxxx>]

Another suggestion:

Gracia, E. (1995). Visible but unreported: a case for the "not 
serious enough" cases of child maltreatment. Child Abuse and 
Neglect, 19, 1083-1093.

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Enrique Gracia
Departamento de Psicología Social
Facultad de Psicología
Universitat de València
Avda. Blasco Ibáñez, 21
46010 Valencia
España/Spain

Tel: 96 386 40 36
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> Some other suggestions ...
> 
> 1. Zellman, G. L. (1990). Child abuse reporting and failure to 
report among mandated reporters. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 
5, 3-22.
> 
> 2. Crume, DiGuiseppi, Byers, Sirotnak, & Garrett. (2002). 
Underascertainment of child maltreatment fatalities by death 
certificates, 1990-1998. Pediatrics, 110 (2 pt 1), e18.
> 
> 3. Herman-Giddens, Brown, Verbiest, Carlson, Hooten, Howell, et 
al. (1999). Underascertainment of child abuse mortality in the 
United States. JAMA, 282(5), 463-467.
> 
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> 
> Kurt Heisler, M.S., M.P.H.
> Instructor, Dept. of Pediatrics
> Center for Pediatric Research
> Eastern Virginia Medical School
> 855 West Brambleton Ave.
> Norfolk, VA 23510
> 757-668-6499
> 757-668-6495 (fax)
> heislekw@xxxxxxxx
> 
> 
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> 
> Does anyone know of statistics/estimates (or ongoing research) on 
the amount
> of underreporting of child maltreatment that occurs in the US?  I 
have found
> one reference by Sedlak but was hoping to find more.
> 
> Thanks,
> Danielle
> 
> E Danielle Rentz, MPH
> Doctoral Candidate
> Dept of Epidemiology
> UNC School of Public Health
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