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Legal Barriers In Child Abuse Investigations: State Powers And Individual Rights, Mark Hardin
Legal Barriers In Child Abuse Investigations: State Powers And Individual Rights, Mark Hardin
Washington Law Review
This article addresses the legal dimensions of an important and difficult problem sometimes faced by social workers employed with child protection agencies: noncooperation with investigations. This problem can arise when the child's family denies access to the home or the child, or when others, such as schools and health providers, decline to cooperate with the investigation. This article identifies the constitutionally based procedural requirements that are applicable to child abuse investigations. It then proposes specific legislative reforms consistent with these constitutional requirements. The discussion of procedural requirements for child protection proceedings necessarily considers whether existing criminal and administrative procedures apply …
Legal Barriers In Child Abuse Investigations: State Powers And Individual Rights, Mark Hardin
Legal Barriers In Child Abuse Investigations: State Powers And Individual Rights, Mark Hardin
Washington Law Review
This article addresses the legal dimensions of an important and difficult problem sometimes faced by social workers employed with child protection agencies: noncooperation with investigations. This problem can arise when the child's family denies access to the home or the child, or when others, such as schools and health providers, decline to cooperate with the investigation. This article identifies the constitutionally based procedural requirements that are applicable to child abuse investigations. It then proposes specific legislative reforms consistent with these constitutional requirements. The discussion of procedural requirements for child protection proceedings necessarily considers whether existing criminal and administrative procedures apply …