Mandatory Reporting Laws and the Identification of Severe Child Abuse and Neglect

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Mandatory Reporting Laws and the Identification of Severe Child Abuse and Neglect is written by Ben Mathews and published by Springer. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9401796858 (ISBN 10) and 9789401796859 (ISBN 13).

This book provides the first comprehensive international coverage of key issues in mandatory reporting of child abuse and neglect. The book draws on a collection of the foremost scholars in the field, as well as clinicians and practice-based experts, to explore the nature, history, impact and justifiability of mandatory reporting laws, their optimal form, legal and conceptual issues, and practical issues and challenges for reporters, professional educators and governments. Key issues in non-Western nations are also explored briefly to assess the potential of socio-legal responses sex trafficking, forced child labour and child marriage. The book is of particular value to policy makers, educators and opinion leaders in government departments dealing with children, and to professionals and organisations who work with children. It is also intended to be a key authority for researchers and teachers in the fields of medicine, nursing, social work, education, law, psychology, health and allied health fields.