Re: Fwd: Followup from USA TODAY

[Tom Hanna <tph3@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Dear Dr. Fernandes

"The jury is out."

It would be gratifying to show a body of research that answers the 
questions asked:

>     1) Is there evidence that child abuse and/or neglect increases 
>during economic downturns in the U.S.?  Is anyone familiar with 
>research on this?
>     2) Also, is there any evidence that unemployed parents are more 
>likely to commit child abuse and/or neglect?
>     3) Are there county or state data showing changes in numbers of 
>child abuse/neglect cases reported since the U.S. recession began in 
>December 2007?

But so far, I have not discovered it.

What I hoped was that among the many communities who received these 
questions I would have heard back about some series of studies,  or a 
comprehensive literature review, or a systematic meta-analysis that 
we could all examine and discuss. Did not happen.

Has there never been a published literature review on these 
questions?  Is this something that is done by a different discipline 
from ours?

There were responses, but not research-based evidence, or county or 
state data that address these questions.

Maybe I missed something?

I have not heard back that USA is going to (or already did) publish a 
report. I do appreciate the few responses I received from this and 
many other lists.

If I have misinterpreted anyone's response to me, it is my mistake. 
Please share your research-based evidence with this list.


Thanks!
Tom


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>Hi Tom,
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>I'm writing to follow up on your request to the listserv about child 
>maltreatment during economic downturns. Did get any responses, and 
>did USA Today publish an article on this topic?
>
>Thanks very much.
>
>Adrienne Fernandes
>Congressional Research Service
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>Adrienne L. Fernandes
>Analyst in Social Policy (Child Welfare and Youth Policy)
>Domestic Social Policy Division
>Congressional Research Service
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>>>>  Tom Hanna <tph3@cornell.edu> 1/13/2009 10:26 PM >>>
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>URGENT:
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>      A reporter for a large newspaper asks 3 questions: 
>     1) Is there evidence that child abuse and/or neglect increases 
>during economic downturns in the U.S.?  Is anyone familiar with 
>research on this?
>     2) Also, is there any evidence that unemployed parents are more 
>likely to commit child abuse and/or neglect?
>     3) Are there county or state data showing changes in numbers of 
>child abuse/neglect cases reported since the U.S. recession began in 
>December 2007?
>      Thank you for your willingness to post these questions and 
>forward any answers on to me.
>
>
>Please reply privately to mailto:tph3@cornell.edu or share your 
>comments to the list.  I will forward all responses on.
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