CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT IN THE STATES - A DIGEST OF CRITICAL ELEMENTS OF REPORTING AND CENTRAL REGISTRIES

• NCJ Number: 35701
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 21 pages
• Grant Number(s): 90-C-407
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Health and Human Services
• Corporate Author: Education Cmssn of the States
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/; Education Cmssn of the States
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

A SURVEY OF STATE STATUTES PERTAINING TO CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT REPORTING, INCLUDING DESCRIPTIONS OF WHO MUST AND WHO MAY REPORT SUCH CRIMES, THE FORM AND TIMING OF SUCH REPORTS, AND TO WHOM IT MUST BE SUBMITTED.

Abstract

PENALTIES FOR NON-REPORTING, AND IMMUNITIES FOR THOSE REPORTING ARE ALSO DESCRIBED.