Child Maltreatment Midterm #1

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Witch Hunt

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1980's
led to more valid forensic investigating
no more leading questions/withholding evidence

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What happens when the poor receive a stipend?

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- improved parenting quality
- benefitted the poorest and youngest children most
- may actually save $ by cutting down on costs assoc. with criminality and mental health problems

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Carey Nelson

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- two track system for cases: high risk (abuse has already occurred, can't be changed to fam response) and family response (working with the family/prevention/resources/meeting the family where they are at)

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Boy who was raised as a dog

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Justin: locked in a cage like a dog
Connor: neglected for first 18 months

both treated by neurosequential approach: identifying which developmental periods they missed and then recreating them in appropriate ways

Ex. touch=massage therapy

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Mandated reporter exercise

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teachers in colorado are defined as k-12, so professors are not mandated reporters

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Vine Leaf Church

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Pastor having relationship with 15 year old girl, when she told authorities he got sex assault on a child from a person in a position of trust and his father and the rest of the clergy (who knew about it) got failure to report

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Interactional Videos

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watch how the alleged perpetrator and the victim interact in a controlled environment
- usually not enough info to make a definitive statement

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Child abuse

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act of commission
physical: bruises, burns, fractures, head injuries, injuries from falls
*domestic violence included in abuse category

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Child neglect

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act of omission
mental, emotional, medical, educational, abandonment, physical

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Infanticide

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killing an infant
in medieval times the thought was that children did not necessarily have the right to live

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Fair Labor Standards Act of 1941

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limited child labor,
cannot work if under 14
sparked by the industrial revolution

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Mary Ellen Wilson

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inspired CPS, stemmed from society for the prevention of cruelty to animals

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Gault 1967

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resulted in minors getting due process (right to a lawyer, to remain silent, etc.)

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Prince vs. MA

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state has the right to interfere even when abuse results from religious practices

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Battered Child Syndrome

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- sparked interest in the field of child maltreatment
- most influential paper in the history of the field
- may have triggered mandatory reporting laws
- was about incidence, psyc aspects, importance of x-rays

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Child Abuse Prevention Act 1974

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states are required to list mandated reporters as well as to provide immunity for them in this role, and to ensure confidentiality of records - in order to receive federal aid

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Problems with research on maltreatment

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- only identified children can be studied
- difficult to separate forms of maltreatment
- effects may not be immediately obvious
- poverty vs. maltreatment
- can't make causal statements
- lack of clear definitions
- purposeful secrecy

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child risk factors

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young
female
difficult/disabled

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perp. risk factors

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- males more likely to abuse, females neglect
- substance abuse
- mental illness
- lack of preparedness
- intergenerational transmission

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family risk factors

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- single parent
- domestic violence
- extremely large or small number of children

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cultural risk factors

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in america, kids are the only people we are legally allowed to hit
- media & violence

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intergenerational transmission

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highest: verbal abuse
lowest: physical neglect

~30% (likely you will engage in a different form of maltreatment than you experienced

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domestic violence

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attempting to intervene=physical harm
stress, academic difficulties=mental

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national incidence survey (NIS)

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measures: incidence, risk factors, court cases, and follow up actions taken

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mandated reporters (offense, who, why not?)

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medical personnel, teachers, daycare providers, religious personnel, counselors, social service personnel, police, and others
- person who suspects the abuse must make the report
- failure to report / malpractice
- might not want to report to preserve client relationship

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physical abuse

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act by the caregiver that results in non-accidental harm to the child (risk of harm is sometimes added to the definition)

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shaken baby syndrome

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- usually occurs <2 years old
- brain collides with skull causing hemorrhages
- symptoms might not be visible but include irritability, vomiting, trouble feeding, fatigue

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types of neglect

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physical, emotional, medical, mental, educational, abandonment

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impacts of neglect in infancy

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nonorganic failure to thrive (bottom 5% of height and weight), psychomotor delays, low academic achievement likely

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impacts of neglect in childhood

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- language delays
- low IQ
- impaired social skills
- often aggressive

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impacts of neglect in adolescence

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- runaways
- low IQ
- social isolation / gang activity
- delinquency
- higher rates of psychiatric disorders