Multiple Choice
Unsubstantiated child abuse and neglect reports point to the fact that
A) mandatory reporting of child abuse laws, though well-intentioned, was fundamentally misguided.
B) very few cases of child abuse and neglect are unsubstantiated.
C) mandatory reporting laws need to be revisited and reformed.
D) a certain degree of unfounded reports are an inherent and legitimate aspect of reporting suspected child maltreatment.
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Q1: Mandatory reporting laws have been quite successful
Q2: The article on child abuse describes the
Q3: Under threat of civil and criminal penalties,
Q4: How many unreported cases of child abuse?
Q5: A major consequence of the large number
Q6: Besharov and Lawrence-Billings identify two problems that
Q8: How reliable are official reports of child
Q9: Discuss what research reveals about unreported cases