Legal Reform in Child Abuse Reporting

Darwin O. Sawyer and Ann Maney
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Darwin O. Sawyer: Pennsylvania State University National Institute of Mental Health
Ann Maney: National Institute of Mental Health

Evaluation Review, 1981, vol. 5, issue 6, 758-787

Abstract: The followmg study evaluates the impact of a legal reform on child abuse reporting in the District of Columbia. A multiple time series design is used to assess and compare the effects of legislative change on the reporting behavior of two groups. The results suggest that reporting legislation can play a useful role in reform efforts by extending reporting requirements to new groups of reporters and by precipitating efforts to implement legal requirements of those already required to report.

Date: 1981
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DOI: 10.1177/0193841X8100500603

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