Introduction.- Outlining the nature of the book, and the background to the main concerns in the book - Donald C. Bross.- Part 1.- 1 Mandatory reporting laws: their origin, nature and development over time - Ben Mathews.- 2 Who is maltreated and how mandated reporting might help - Desmond K Runyan.- 3 Competing values and evidence: How do we evaluate mandated reporting and CPS response? - Brett Drake and Melissa Jonson-Reid.- 4 An inter-reporter analysis of mandated child maltreatment reporting in the USA - John E. Kesner and Bridget V. Dever.- 5 Privacy and legal duties to warn about unsafe behavior, conditions, or hazards: The example of child abuse and neglect reporting - Donald C. Bross.- 6 The historical background for mandatory reporting laws in public health - Edward Richards.- Part 2.- 7 A theoretical framework for designing and evaluating strategies to identify cases of serious child abuse and neglect - Ben Mathews.- 8 Ethics and the identification and response to child abuse and neglect - Jacqueline J. Glover, Ph.D. and Lisa M. Justis, LCSW, CTS.- 9 Medical perspectives: bioethics/ethics and the duties of medical professionals, and the nature, advantages and limits of public health approaches - Donald Woodhouse.- 10 Economic issues in the community response to child maltreatment - Leonie Segal.- Part 3.- 11 Neglect: Should there be mandatory reporting? - Edward Goldson.- 12 Mandatory reporting and the difficulties identifying and responding to risk of severe neglect: A response requiring a rethink - Bob Lone.- 13 The sins of the (Irish) fathers: Is mandatory reporting the best response? - Helen Buckley.- 14 Mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse by religious leaders - Patrick Parkinson.- Part 3.- 15 Practical issues and challenges for physicians reporting suspected child maltreatment - Emalee Flaherty.- 16 Training in reporting of child maltreatment: Where we are and where we need to go - Maureen C. Kenny.- 17 An evidence-supported approach to reporting child maltreatment - Brad Donohue, Krisann Alvarez, Kimberly N. Schubert.- 18 Mandatory reporting of child abuse and neglect by health professionals - Debbie Scott and Jennifer Fraser.- 19 The social construction of disclosure: The case of child abuse in Israeli society - Zvi Eisikovits, Jonathan Davidov, Laura Sigad, Rachel Lev-Wiesel.- Part 4.- 20 What will happen to this child if I report? Outcomes of reporting child maltreatment - Theodore P. Cross, Betsy Goulet, Jesse J. Helton, Emily Lux, and Tamara Fuller.- 21 Rethinking the functioning of child protective services - John D. Fluke and Katherine Casillas.- 22 The role of mandatory reporting in preventative child welfare reforms: An uneasy fit? - Leah Bromfield.- 23 Mandatory reporting of child abuse and marginalised families - Heather Douglas and Tamara Walsh.- Part 5.- 24 The identification and reporting of severe violence against children: International standards and practices - Jaap E. Doek.- 25 Legislation concerning reporting of child sexual abuse and child trafficking in India: A closer look - Sibnath Deb.
