Re: child in care deaths. Q. mandatory investigations?

[Frank Vandervort <vort@xxxxxxxxx>]

Under Michigan law the child death review program must investigate and 
report on deaths of children who are in foster care or that die within 5 
years after "family preservation or family reunification." MCLA 722.677b(6).

At 01:34 AM 09/03/2002 +0000, you wrote:

>Child deaths in care- murder, neglect  misadventure, natural-medical 
>causes etc.
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>I am seeking information on Countries or States that have provisions for 
>the mandatory investigation, by an Authority into the deaths of all 
>children in 'care' under 'protection orders', 'State' or 'Crown' or 
>'Court' - wards' etc.
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>The Authority can be any Authority, such as: Commission, Ombudsman, 
>Coroner, Guardian, Authority, Child Death Review Team- Unit, or Court etc 
>as long as Statutory- Legislative.
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>Information on the usefulness or otherwise or this process, outcomes etc 
>would be appreciated. Observations also sought for historical examples, 
>jurisdictions that previously had such a system and removed it- or beliefs 
>on weather such a response would be useful.
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>Also, do other institutional feilds have similar systems- such as deaths 
>in prison, mental institutions, immigration detention, boarding schools....
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>Thankyou
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>John Murray
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>Foundation Member
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>Positive Justice Centre
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