Child Maltreatment Fatalities in the United States Four Decades of P
This book focuses on the prevention of child abuse and neglect deaths in the U.S. In 2013 1,520 children died from maltreatment. This book defines child maltreatment fatalities (CMFs) and discusses the prevalence of deaths in the U.S. over the last severa
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Child Maltreatment Fatalities in the United States Four Decades of Policy, Program, and Professional Responses
Child Maltreatment Fatalities in the United States
Emily M. Douglas
Child Maltreatment Fatalities in the United States Four Decades of Policy, Program, and Professional Responses
Emily M. Douglas Bridgewater State University Bridgewater, Massachusetts, USA
ISBN 978-94-017-7581-6 ISBN 978-94-017-7583-0 DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-7583-0
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For Sandra S. Hodge — my original child welfare mentor and a force to be reckoned with; a woman whose priorities are clear, whose child welfare practice was informed by evidence, and who never took her eye off the child. My professional interests and this book are because of you.
Acknowledgments
When I was in graduate school, I studied public policy, family problems, and situations under which children were vulnerable to poor outcomes and sometimes, even harm. It was at this time that I started working for the Maine Child Death & Serious Injury Review Panel (MCDSIRP). This is a multidisciplinary team of professionals with a vested interest in the well being of children in their state, the circumstances that might leave children vulnerable to harm or even death, and the potential gaps in service delivery for such children and their families. I had been working with at-risk children in therapeutic settings such as residential care, specialized school services, and adults in a correctional setting. Thus, I was not completely ignorant to the problems that children and their families can face, but serving on the MCDSIRP was both validating and eye-opening at the same time. My initial work experiences after I finished my undergradua
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