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Coohey, Carol – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2006
The purpose of this study was to determine how Child Protective Services (CPS) investigators decide to substantiate mothers for failure-to-protect from sexual abuse. A case-comparison study was used to compare 31 mothers who were and 62 mothers who were not substantiated for failure-to-protect by CPS. The multivariate analysis showed that mothers…
Descriptors: Substance Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Mothers, Multivariate Analysis
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Vieth, Victor I. – Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 2006
As this author traveled around the country, many university professors and domestic violence advocates told him that prosecuting or even intervening with social services is morally "wrong" in cases in which parents fail to protect their children. There are two problems with these arguments. First, these arguments assume that mothers should "never"…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Mothers