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Direct linkWiersma, Beth A.; Siedschlaw, Kurt D. – College Student Journal, 2016
Beginning with the passage of The Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Act in 1994 and Megan's Law in 1996, the federal government and states have passed numerous pieces of legislation to control and restrict those convicted of sex offenses. This study surveyed the attitudes of undergraduate students…
Descriptors: Violence, Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Crime Prevention
Haas, Shaun – 1988
This information memorandum of the Wisconsin Legislative Council describes 1987 Wisconsin Act 332, relating to crimes and civil offenses against children and providing penalties. An introduction describes how Act 332 will reorganize existing crimes against children into a separate chapter of the Criminal Code and will revise crimes and offenses…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Children
Peer reviewedPfohl, Stephen J. – Social Problems, 1977
Surveys the history of social reaction to child abuse, discusses the cultural values promoting the protection of children, points out how much pediatric radiology benefited from its "discovery" of "the battered child syndrome" in the early sixties, and concludes that the labeling of child abusers as "sick" has shielded them from criminal…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Criminal Law, Government Role, Institutional Role
Peer reviewedBullis, Ronald K. – Child Welfare, 1991
Reviews state statutes that were used as a defense in cases in which seriously ill children were treated exclusively by spiritual healing practices. Such cases involve questions concerning the constitution, and the rights of parents, children, and the state. There is a trend toward legislative restrictions of the use of spiritual healing as a…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Health, Child Welfare, Childrens Rights
California State Office of the Attorney General, Sacramento. Crime Prevention Center. – 1983
Intended to heighten public awareness and provide practical information to professionals, this handbook defines and describes child abuse (including sexual abuse) and its associated signs and injuries. The societal and family environments in which child abuse most typically occurs are described, and the California penal code sections pertaining to…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Advocacy, Community Responsibility, Criminal Law
Peer reviewedLarson, Carol S. – Future of Children, 1991
Reviews recent actions by state legislatures and courts in response to the problems of drug-exposed newborns. Also discusses civil and criminal court decisions regarding women who use drugs during pregnancy. State policy responses cannot be developed without a detailed assessment of the state's resources. (SLD)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Child Welfare, Civil Law
