Legal Issues in Child Abuse and Neglect Practice, Vol. 1
This expanded and updated Second Edition of Legal Issues in Child Abuse and Neglect Practice offers a state-of-the-art exploration of what role the law can play in bettering the lives of victimized children. While all who work with abused children share the same goals, there often exists a gap in communication between legal and helping professionals that reduces efficacy of cooperative efforts. This new edition continues to provide vital information to non-lawyers on how the legal system in...
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This expanded and updated edition of Legal Issues in Child Abuse and Neglect Practice will familiarize professionals from medicine, nursing, psychology, social work, and related disciplines with the innumerable legal implications in their day-to-day work. Offering a state-of-the-art exploration of the role that law can play in cases of child maltreatment, this edition closes the communication gap between legal and helping professionals that sometimes reduces efficacy and cooperation in achieving the common goal of improving the lives of victimized children. This new edition continues to provide vital information to non-lawyers regarding how the legal system works in child maltreatment cases. John E. B. Myers discusses the prevalence and effects of child maltreatment, and he outlines the child protection system with clarity. Other areas covered include the investigation and reporting laws, issues of confidentiality and disclosure, expert testimony, cross examination and impeachment, and the liability of professionals. Legal Issues in Child Abuse and Neglect Practice is a must-read for mental health and legal professionals, health care providers, educators, and child advocates. Advanced clinical and legal students as well as academics and researchers will also find this material essential.
1Prevalence and Effects of Child Maltreatment12The Child Protection System363Child Abuse Reporting Laws824Investigative Interviewing Regarding Child Maltreatment1025Investigating Suspected Child Abuse1536Balancing the Need for Confidentiality and the Requirements of Disclosure1927Expert Testimony2218Cross-Examination and Impeachment: Special Accommodations When Children Testify2829Liability of Professionals298Analysis of Problems334App. AAmerican Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, Practice Guidelines, Use of Anatomical Dolls in Child Sexual Abuse Assessments339App. BSample Protective Order for Videotapes of Investigative Interviews on Child Abuse352App. CAmerican Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, Guidelines for Psychosocial Evaluation of Suspected Sexual Abuse in Young Children354App. DABCs of Coping with Cross-Examination364References367Index399About the Author412
