
Child Abuse Investigation Field Guide
Description
Key Features
- Includes protocols and best practices for child abuse investigations
- Explains the Multidisciplinary Team approach and why it is useful
- Describes the Minimal Facts Interview and the Forensic Interview
- Walks the reader from the initial report, through the investigation process, to pre-trial preparation and provides tips on court testimony
- Portable and affordable, the guide is tabbed for easy access of specific information while in the field and can ensure that team members are “on the same page” throughout the investigation
Readership
Law enforcement officers, social service case workers, juvenile workers, child welfare workers and attorneys / prosecutors
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
- Investigative Best Practices and the Purpose of This Guide
- Background and Statistics
- Reporting Child Abuse and Neglect
- Confidentiality and Protection from Liability
- Immunity for Making Reports
- Penalties for Failure to Report
- The Benefits of an MDT Approach
- Expectations of the Criminal Justice Process
- The Law Enforcement Role
- The CPS Role
2. Dynamics of Victimization
- Intra-Familial Abuse
- Poly-Victimization
- Domestic Violence
- Children with Disabilities
- Cultural Considerations
- Sensitivity in Response
3. Types of Child Abuse
- What is Child Abuse and Neglect?
- Physical Abuse
- Emotional or Mental Abuse
- Abandonment Laws: Daniel’s Law and Baby Moses Laws
- Infant Safe Haven Laws
- Child Neglect
- Child Sexual Abuse and Sexual Exploitation
- Investigating Sexual Assaults: Medical Issues
- Sexual Exploitation and Trafficking
4. Investigation and Evidence Collection
- The Multidisciplinary Team Approach and Child Advocacy Center Model
- First Responders
- Investigative Interviews
- Witness Interview Considerations
- Documentation
- Order of Progression (Initial Interview)
- Types of Witnesses
- Chain of Custody and Its Importance
- What Happens After a Report Is Made (Caveats for Jurisdictions)
5. Juvenile Cases
- Juvenile Perpetrator Investigations
- Childhood Sexual Behavior Problems
6. Preparing for Court
- Testifying in Court
- Special Note for the Attorney
7. Resources
- Glossary
- National Resources
- State Contacts (Alphabetically) and Resources for Reporting
- Alabama
- Alaska
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Delaware
- District of Columbia
- Florida
- Georgia
- Hawaii
- Idaho
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Louisiana
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Mississippi
- Missouri
- Montana
- Nebraska
- Nevada
- New Hampshire
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- New York
- North Carolina
- North Dakota
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Pennsylvania
- Puerto Rico
- Rhode Island
- South Carolina
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Vermont
- Virginia
- Washington
- West Virginia
- Wisconsin
- Wyoming
- National Resource Agencies
- Notes
Product details
- No. of pages: 166
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Academic Press 2015
- Published: January 13, 2015
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128023273
- eBook ISBN: 9780128025666
About the Authors
D'Michelle P. DuPre
Affiliations and Expertise
Jerri Sites
Jerri has vast experience in developing multidisciplinary teams and providing training and technical assistance to children's advocacy centers and partnering child abuse professionals in Missouri and nationwide. She presents at the national, state, and local level and provides expert witness testimony in child sexual abuse cases. In addition to consulting, Jerri is the Program Director for the Rainbow House Regional Child Advocacy Center in Columbia, MO, where she supervises staff and provides training regarding investigative best practices for child abuse professionals in the 10 county region it serves.
Affiliations and Expertise
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