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Section 12
Reporting Responsibilities in Child Abuse

Question 12 |Test | Table of Contents

State of California Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General

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- State of California Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General. A Guide to Reporting Child Abuse to the California Department of Justice. State of California Department of Justice Office of the Attorney General, 2005, p 24.

Update
Mandatory Reporting Laws

Thomas, R., & Reeves, M. (2022). Mandatory Reporting Laws. In StatPearls. StatPearls Publishing.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article References:
Calheiros, M. M., Garrido, M. V., Ferreira, M. B., & Duarte, C. (2020). Laypeople’s decision-making in reporting child maltreatment: Child and family characteristics as a source of bias. Psychology of Violence. Advance online publication.

Heyman, R. E., Snarr, J. D., Slep, A. M. S., Baucom, K. J. W., & Linkh, D. J. (2020). Self-reporting DSM–5/ICD-11 clinically significant intimate partner violence and child abuse: Convergent and response process validity. Journal of Family Psychology, 34(1), 101–111.

Holtrop, K., Canto, A. I., Schelbe, L., McWey, L. M., Radey, M., & Montgomery, J. E. (2018). Adapting a parenting intervention for parents aging out of the child welfare system: A systematic approach to expand the reach of an evidence-based intervention. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 88(3), 386–398. 

Marshall, N. A. (2012). A clinician's guide to recognizing and reporting parental psychological maltreatment of children. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 43(2), 73–79.

QUESTION 12
What are the two reporting responsibilities of a Mandated Reporter? To select and enter your answer go to Test.