Child Maltreatment Fatalities: Predicting Rates and the Efficacy of Child Welfare Policy

Douglas, Emily M.; McCarthy, Siobhán

doi:10.1080/15588742.2011.555323

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“…More recent studies have supported these earlier findings, and underscore the importance of examining macro-economic conditions and their relationship to child maltreatment. Douglas and McCarthy (2011) found that for each additional 1% of the population living in poverty, the child maltreatment fatality rate increased by 0.09 per 100,000 children and that where poverty rates were higher child maltreatment fatality rates were also higher. Berger et al (2011) reported that the rate of abusive head trauma in children under the age of five years increased during the 19 months of an economic recession compared with the 47 months prior to the recession.…”

Section: Child Protective Service Workersmentioning

confidence: 97%

The Application of a Social Justice Theory to the Well-being of Substance-Exposed Infants

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2019

Int. Journal on Child Malt.

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In utero exposure to drugs and alcohol threatens the well-being of infants. Federal law has established child well-being as one of the three main goals of the child welfare system, and recent changes to federal law require state child welfare programs to assess the needs of substance-exposed infants and plan for their safe care. CPS workers are often the first point of contact these infants have with the public child welfare system; yet, CPS workers have no framework for assessing the well-being of substanceexposed infants. In this article, the author applies the Theory of Justice as Well-being to substance-exposed infants as a way to assess the deficits to well-being these infants experience. Furthermore, Justice as Well-being is applied to substance-exposed infants and their families to serve as a conceptual framework for an interprofessional approach to planning for the treatment and safe care needs of this highly vulnerable child welfare population.

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Section: Child Protective Service Workersmentioning

confidence: 97%

The Application of a Social Justice Theory to the Well-being of Substance-Exposed Infants

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2019

Int. Journal on Child Malt.

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“…Interestingly, the US research shows that new legislation in response to a child fatality makes no difference in child fatality rates, as there is no difference in these rates between those US states that passed legislation in response to a child fatality and those states that did not (Douglas & McCarthy, 2011).…”

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“…Notably, for each additional percentage of the population that lives in poverty, the child fatality rate increases by .09 per 100,000 children. The rate of violent crime also predicts child fatalities, where each additional one-unit increase in the crime rate increases child fatalities by .02 per 100,000 children (Douglas & McCarthy, 2011).…”

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When is Enough Enough? The Burgeoning Cost of Child Protection Services

Ainsworth

Hansen

2014

Children Australia

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the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare's report on child protection indicates that there were 48,420 substantiated cases of child abuse and neglect in Australia. The likelihood is that almost 95 (94.96) per cent of Australian children and young people were not abused or neglected in that period; and this is a cause for national celebration. These figures are good reason to praise the parents and caregivers of the 5,050,274 children who were not abused or neglected. We argue that there is a need for an emphasis in the political debate about child protection that focuses on children who are not abused, in order for the issue of child abuse and neglect to be placed in proper perspective. The lack of perspective in the current dialogue simply results in an unending demand for more resources for detection-focused services. Instead, there has to be increased emphasis on preventative services for vulnerable families who fail to meet community child-rearing standards. These exacting standards of parenting can only be achieved through parent education and the provision of intensive and extensive family support services, combined with sensitive monitoring of at-risk families. Accordingly, this article is written in a dissenting voice.

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Introduction to Forensic Psychology

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Child Maltreatment Fatalities: Predicting Rates and the Efficacy of Child Welfare Policy

Cited by 7 publications

References 46 publications

The Application of a Social Justice Theory to the Well-being of Substance-Exposed Infants

The Application of a Social Justice Theory to the Well-being of Substance-Exposed Infants

When is Enough Enough? The Burgeoning Cost of Child Protection Services

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