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Effective child abuse investigation for the multi-disciplinary team
- Author:
- GRAHAM Bradley Richard
- Publisher:
- CRC Press
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 128
- Place of publication:
- Boca Raton, FL
A practical guide for law enforcement officers and child protection workers in abuse investigations. It demonstrates how all members of the team can best work together to consolidate the medical, social, and legal facts in each case, increasing the chances for successful prosecution and enhancing child safety. Topics include: forming an investigative plan; differentiating between accidental and abusive injury; triggers for abuse most often cited by perpetrators; common defences, including religious or constitutional justification for punishment; legal and social factors associated with taking a child into protective custody; preparing for civil and criminal trial; additional topics include the danger of investigative bias, female sex offenders, child development, and basic medical terminology associated with abusive head trauma. Appendices include questions to be asked in all cases, a paediatric investigation checklist for first responders, and an investigative timeline checklist. (Edited publisher abstract)
Emotional maltreatment in Canada: prevalence, reporting and child welfare responses (CIS2)
- Authors:
- CHAMBERLAND Claire, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse and Neglect, 35(10), October 2011, pp.841-854.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and characteristics of reports of emotional maltreatment in Canada, as well as changes in these reports between 1998 and 2003. The study is based on a secondary analysis of data collected in the first and second rounds of the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect. Emotional maltreatment investigations were categorised into 6 groups: emotional abuse, emotional neglect, and other maltreatment as the only investigated form of maltreatment, and these same 3 groups co-occurring with another form of maltreatment. The findings showed that both the rate of emotional-abuse-only investigations and emotional-neglect-only investigations increased almost threefold from 1998 to 2003. Substantiated emotional neglect investigations had the highest rate of transfer to ongoing services. Half of the investigations involving single forms of emotional maltreatment occurred for 6 months or more. Emotional neglect cases, both in single form and when it co-occurred with another form of maltreatment, were more likely to be associated with emotional harm and longer duration of maltreatment. The article concludes that, in 2003, emotional maltreatment represented a significant increasing form of maltreatment in Canada.
Effect of child protective services system factors on child maltreatment rereporting
- Authors:
- BAE Hwa-Ok, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Child Welfare Journal, 89(3), 2010, pp.33-55.
- Publisher:
- Child Welfare League of America
High rereport and revictimisation rates suggest that child protection services (CPS) agencies serve the same abuse and neglected children repeatedly. This study aimed to examine how CPS systems respond to initial and subsequent reports. It also aimed to examine to what extent CPS system factors are associated with the risk of rereporting. Data for the study was taken from the Florida Department of Children and Families Florida Abuse Hotline Information System (FAHIS). The data available for the study included all FAHIS records from January 1996 to May 2002 in 7 counties in Florida. This included 67,243 families who were reported to the CPS agencies for child abuse and neglect over this period of 5.4 years. It was found that 14,218 families had one or more child maltreatment rereports. Key findings include that CPS system factors were significantly different from initial report to subsequent reports. Five CPS system factors were significantly associated with the risk of child maltreatment rereporting: reporting source; contact by CPS workers; investigative level at intake; postinvestigation services; and duration of CPS involvement. The results indicate, however, that the risk ratios for these system factors were different for unsubstantiated rereports, substantiated rereports, and recurrence reports. Interpretations and implications for practice are discussed.
Referrals must be top Munro priority
- Author:
- SEARING Hilary
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 9.12.10, 2010, p.18.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author, a retired social worker, reflects on some of the changes to child protection that need to be considered by the Munro review. Issues highlighted are: the balance between care and control, and concerns that child protection work is returning to a model of control; changes to the referral system; and separating formal investigation from other types of social work.
Media analysis of early dissemination of Canadian child maltreatment surveillance data
- Authors:
- TONMYR Lil, JACK Susan
- Journal article citation:
- Child Welfare Journal, 89(1), 2010, pp.81-101.
- Publisher:
- Child Welfare League of America
The Public Health Agency of Canada is responsible for the CIS-2003 periodic data surveillance programme, with data collected every five years on child maltreatment investigations, family and child characteristics, child functioning, and short-term service outcomes, during the data collection year. In order to engage with the media to facilitate the dissemination of key messages from the CIS-2003 cycle of surveillance, a media strategy was developed. This article identifies and analyses the 29 articles reporting on the data found in the Canadian print media in the week following the ministerial launch, using content analysis to assess informational accuracy and to understand how the media framed the issue of maltreatment, and the authors share lessons learned from the evaluation of the media coverage.
When independence is key
- Author:
- CARSON Gordon
- Journal article citation:
- Children Now, 19.1.05, 2005, pp.22-23.
- Publisher:
- Haymarket
Investigating allegations of abuse can be challenging when the accused are professionals who work with children.
The role of the medical examination in assessment of child sexual abuse in South Australia
- Authors:
- BLAKE George P., McGREGOR Katherine J.
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 7(3), 1999, pp.89-96.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The Child Protection Service at Flinders Medical Centre, South Australia, has a philosophy of being child oriented, treating the child as a person and not an object from which evidence can be extracted. This extends to the medical examination which may not yield any physical evidence for sexual abuse, but still has a significant role in the overall assessment. Looks at how the medical examination assists the child in seeing themselves as more than a victim, and understanding that healing can occur.
Summary of the report on the investigation into inter-agency practice following the Cleveland Area Child Protection Committee's report concerning the death of Toni Dales
- Authors:
- KNIGHT Paul, et al
- Publisher:
- National Children's Bureau/Cleveland. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 37p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Investigation into inter-agency practice following the Cleveland Area Child Protection Committee's report concerning the death of Toni Dales
- Authors:
- KNIGHT Paul, et al
- Publisher:
- National Children's Bureau/Cleveland. Social Services Department
- Publication year:
- 1993
- Pagination:
- 92p.
- Place of publication:
- London
A quasi-experimental study of the Multi-Agency Investigation & Support Team (MIST): a collaborative response to child sexual abuse
- Authors:
- HERBERT James Leslie, BROMFIELD Leah Marie
- Journal article citation:
- Child Abuse and Neglect, 111, 2021, p.104827.
- Publisher:
- Elsevier
To improve the holistic response to child sexual abuse in Perth, Western Australia, a group consisting of government and community support agencies developed a new co-located approach that combined support services with investigations, called the Multi-agency Investigation & Support Team (MIST). The model was comparable to the prominent Children’s Advocacy Centre approach, with adaptations for Australian conditions. This study evaluated the fidelity with which this new program was delivered and examined whether it resulted in improved criminal justice, child protection, and service outcomes compared to existing practice. Drawing on service data linked across participating agencies the study found MIST was delivered with reasonable fidelity to its planned procedure, but with some challenges for delivery of the program due to the relative workload for staff in the MIST condition. The service demonstrated high levels of caregiver satisfaction with the response and high rates of children’s engagement with therapy. A quasi-experimental comparison between MIST (n = 126) and Practice as Usual (n = 276) found MIST was significantly faster throughout the criminal justice and child protection processes, but the conditions did not differ in the rate of arrest or child protection actions. While embedding support services within the investigation process may not have a dramatic influence on criminal justice and child protection outcomes, the high rates of uptake of therapeutic services and parental satisfaction suggest other benefits that require future exploration. (Edited publisher abstract)