NCJ Number
141836
Journal
Journal of the American Medical Association Volume: 267 Issue: 23 Dated: (June 17, 1992) Pages: 3172-3175
Date Published
1992
Length
4 pages
Annotation
Since 1978, interagency child death review teams have been established across the Nation. The first such team was set up in Los Angeles in response to the increasing awareness of severe child maltreatment and violence against children.
Abstract
Approximately 40 percent of the U.S. population lives in counties or States serviced by such teams. Multiagency child death review is characterized by a multidisciplinary and systematic process to coordinate and integrate data and resources from a number of professionals: coroners, law enforcement, courts, child protective services, and health care providers. The unique factors and magnitude of suspicious child deaths are discussed and the concept and process of interagency child death review is introduced here. The authors recommend future expansion and refinement of the process in order to prevent deaths and serious injuries to children from child abuse and neglect. 31 notes