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July 02, 2005
Reasonable Suspicion: A Study of Pennsylvania Pediatricians Regarding Child Abuse
Benjamin H. Levi and Georgia Brown
Pediatrics 116(1), 2005
It has long been assumed that mandated reporting statutes regarding child
abuse are self-explanatory and that broad consensus exists as to the meaning
and proper application of reasonable suspicion. However, no systematic
investigation has examined how mandated reporters interpret and apply the
concept of reasonable suspicion. The purpose of this study was to identify
Pennsylvania pediatricians' understanding and interpretation of reasonable
suspicion in the context of mandated reporting of suspected child abuse.
Posted by Emma at July 2, 2005 10:11 PM
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