RE: mandatory reporting

[" Philippa White" <pipwhite@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Krista,

In 2002 the University of Western Australia conducted a large scale
review of mandatory reporting which examined international and
Australian data. The report came out strongly against mandated reporting
- basically because it doesn't work very well.  WA remains the only
Australian state without such legislation, but the issue has recently
resurfaced on the public agenda.  Unfortunately, mandatory reporting
sounds like a good idea and is often used by political parties to
'appear to be doing something about child abuse'.   The UWA report also
contains an excellent bibliography. 
The online reference follows:

Harries, M. & Clare, M. (2002), Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse:
Evidence and Options: Report for the Western Australian Child Protection
Council, Department for Community Development, Perth, WA. Online (PDF
506K)
http://fcs.wa.gov.au/_content/miscellaneous/mandatory_reporting.pdf

Good luck,
Philippa White.

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Sheri Oz
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> --To all on this list serve:
> Does anyone know what literature is out there on mandated reporting?
What
> is required?  I have a basic idea, but need more support from the
> literature and don't have hours to spend as this is due by the end of
this
> week for my supervisor.