Re: Re[2]: Researchers as mandated reporters

["David McCall" <dgmccall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Do you think that the knowledge that you will report abuse might impact the
respondents' behavior.  It seems possible that they may alter their behavior
to avoid disclosing ongoing child abuse or neglect.  What approaches can be
employed to minimize that possibility and its impact?

Mary Jo Wark
Graduate Student
Ball State University
Muncie, Indiana
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>Subject: Re: Researchers as mandated reporters
>Author:  MARY I BENEDICT <mbenedic@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> at
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>Date:    9/29/98 5:12 PM
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>Sharon, as you say, the only ethical and legal response is to report a
>suspicious situation, which we would do.  The question is should it be the
>interviewers themselves who make the report or, as our system is set up,
>would the interviewer discuss the situation with me - the senior
>researcher, but not the person in the field, and I would decide whether to
>make the report or not.  Apparently in Texas, my interprtation of their
>law is that the
>person in the field is responsible for making the report, although I would
>still have discussion with them first.  Thanks for your concern, Tiz
>Benedict
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>On Tue, 29 Sep 1998, Sharon Carnahan wrote:
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>> MARY I BENEDICT wrote:
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>> > We are doing an evaluation study of an early intervention program that
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>> > home visits - home assessments and some videotaping of parent-child
>> > interactions in South Carolina and Texas. We have set up procedures in
>> > case the interviewers see something that concerns them while in the
home,
>> > but I am not clear whether researchers (the interviewers
>> > themselves) are included as mandated reporters in those two states? I
>> > would appreciate any information anyone has.
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>> > Tiz Benedict
>> > Johns Hopkins School of Public Health
>> If not considered reporterds under the law, I would think taht
>> researchers ethically should report evidence of abuse and neglect to
>> authorities.  COnsider, for example, the ethical guidelines for research
>> with children published by SRCD.
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