Failure to protect laws: protecting children or punishing mothers?
Failure to protect laws are designed to guard children from the negative effects of exposure to interpersonal violence. Not only haven't these laws been found to be helpful, but they may actually produce harm.
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Brenda M
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Forensic Nurse Consultants, Inc, USA. forensic.nurse.consults@verizon.net
D002648:Child; D002655:Child Custody; D002669:Child Welfare / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D017579:Domestic Violence / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D005260:Female; D053604:Forensic Nursing; D006801:Humans; D009035:Mothers; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D014481:United States