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Re: Intentionally False Abuse Allegations
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<DIV>According to the government's definition, a false allegation of child abuse is one made in bad faith with malice aforethought, in premeditated fashion. Statistically speaking, the national average on false child abuse reports is about 4%, with data showing same to be as low as 2% or as high as 6%. Most cases that are deemed erroneous are unfounded errors in professional judgment, i.e. mistakes in identity or it's something else besides child abuse - source misattribution errors, (Ceci, 1995; Dagenbach & McBrien, 1998). Unfounded (without foundation) errors constitute approximately an additional 50% - 70% of all alleged child abuse and neglect reports according to NCCAN (National Center for Child Abuse & Neglect) and their booklet Child Maltreatment.</DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 12/1/2003 11:20:46 AM Eastern Standard Time, lrgreenberg@earthlink.net writes:</DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT face=Arial>Sorry for the delayed response to this inquiry.....but do we have any good definition of the term, "intentionally?" I would define that term very narrowly, i.e., that there was an "intention" to create a false report. An "erroneous" report could be a reflection of reasonable concern.</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV>
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