Is mandatory reporting of child abuse an appropriate child protection tool for adolescents? (Record no. 4841)

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Personal name Lawson, Deborah K.
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Title Is mandatory reporting of child abuse an appropriate child protection tool for adolescents?
Statement of responsibility, etc Deborah Lawson
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Title proper/short title A thesis submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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Date of publication, distribution, etc 2009
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Extent electronic document (504 pages); PDF file: 44.5 MB
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General note PhD Thesis, University of Otago
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Summary, etc This thesis examines the question of whether mandatory reporting of child abuse is an appropriate child protection tool for adolescents. It focuses on adolescents in particular because they are differentiated in analogous legal frameworks for decision-making for children, primarily because of their emerging competence and increasing recognition of<br/>the need to respect their autonomy rights. The thesis shows that there are also salient practical reasons for distinguishing adolescents from younger children in child abuse reporting legislation, policy and practice.<br/>The thesis traces the history of the mandatory reporting debate in New Zealand by analysing submissions to select committees and parliamentary debates on the issue. It also draws upon prominent children's rights theories to provide a theoretical framework against which the suitability of mandatory reporting for adolescents can be judged. <br/>The thesis describes and discusses the aims, methods and results of two major empirical studies undertaken with key stakeholders in the child protection area. The first study<br/>involved a survey of more than 450 secondary school students to assess the impact that mandatory reporting legislation might have on whether they disclosed to school staff or attended school if they had been abused. The second study involved a nationwide survey of more than 350 school teachers, counsellors and principals regarding their child abuse<br/>reporting knowledge, attitudes and behaviour. The thesis concludes that mandatory reporting of child abuse is not an appropriate child protection tool for adolescents. Mandatory reporting legislation fails to respect adolescents' autonomy rights and may also deter them from disclosing abuse or attending school if they have been abused, which may put them at greater risk.(Author's abstract). Record #4841
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element ADOLESCENTS
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element ATTITUDES
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element DISCLOSURE
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element MANDATORY REPORTING
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element SCHOOLS
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element YOUNG PEOPLE
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Geographic name NEW ZEALAND
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element CHILD ABUSE
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Uniform Resource Identifier <a href="http://hdl.handle.net/10523/3398 ">http://hdl.handle.net/10523/3398 </a>
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