RE: MAndating reporting

[John M Price PhD <jmprice@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 JVasq44806@aol.com wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> I am a doctoral student pursuing research in the factors that influence the
> decision making process of school social workers to report child abuse.

Perhaps it is that if they do not, even at the minimal level of suspicion,
they will go to jail?  That is the present state of the law.

  One
> such factor would be level of cultural competence.

The act requiring the reporting assumes the professionals don't know much
about investigation or assessment.  Simply that if a whiff of abuse is in
the air, then pass the issue to the CPS (or whatever the local State
agency is called) for futher investigation and prosecution if warranted.

> I am interested in finding any articles, books, research pertaining to the
> topic.
>
> Thanks
> Janet
>

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