Criminal justice and the placement of abused children / Diane R. Martell.
Annotation Child welfare, criminal justice, and law enforcement agencies recognize the importance coordinated, inter-agency practices to ensure the best outcomes for victims of child maltreatment. Martell examines if the separate interventions of the criminal justice system and child welfare system...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
LFB Scholarly Pub. LLC,
2005.
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| Series: | Criminal justice (LFB Scholarly Publishing LLC)
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Annotation Child welfare, criminal justice, and law enforcement agencies recognize the importance coordinated, inter-agency practices to ensure the best outcomes for victims of child maltreatment. Martell examines if the separate interventions of the criminal justice system and child welfare system impact each other. Specifically, she studies the potential for an association between the criminal justice case prosecution and the protective service child placement decisions. The results indicate that, in some cases, criminal justice interventions can help to prevent the need for child removal. In addition, Martell explains how the presence of child neglect can be an important factor in whether or not a child abuse case is chosen for prosecution. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (ix, 249 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-245) and index. |
| ISBN: | 1593321910 9781593321918 9781593320591 1593320590 |
| Language: | English. |