LAW AND THE LEGISLATIVE PROCESS (FROM NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT - PROCEEDINGS, 1ST, ATHENS, GEORGIA, JANUARY 4-7, 1976 - SEE NCJ-42975)

• NCJ Number: 42979
• Author(s): P DURYEA
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 2 pages
• Corporate Author: US Dept of Health and Human Services; Regional Institute of Social Welfare Research, Inc.
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

NEW YORK STATE HAS DEVELOPED A MODEL LAW ON CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT WHICH CREATES A WORKABLE CHILD PROTECTIVE SYSTEM. THE AUTHOR NOTES, HOWEVER, THAT LEGISLATION ALONE CANNOT ENSURE AN EFFECTIVE ABUSE PREVENTION NETWORK.

Abstract

AS EVIDENCE OF THIS, THE AUTHOR CITES A CASE IN NEW YORK CITY IN WHICH TWO YOUNG CHILDREN WERE MURDERED BY THEIR MOTHER ONLY MONTHS AFTER PASSAGE OF THE NEW YORK STATE CHILD ABUSE LAW. THE AUTHOR CALLS FOR PROFESSIONALS IN THE FIELD TO JOIN WITH LEGISLATORS TO PROMOTE EXPANSION AND IMPROVEMENT OF CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES. (DMC)