CHILD ABUSE - HEARING BEFORE THE CALIFORNIA SENATE SELECT COMMITTEE ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH, DECEMBER 17, 1973

• NCJ Number: 39443
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 296 pages
• Corporate Author: California State Senate
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

TESTIMONY ON WHY CHILD ABUSE OCCURS AND HOW IT CAN BE CURBED.

Abstract

THE 27 WITNESSES WHO TESTIFIED AT THE HEARING INCLUDED EDUCATORS, CHILD DEVELOPMENT SPECIALISTS, LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS, AND AN AUTHOR ON THE SUBJECT. THE WITNESSES TOLD HOW THE PROBLEM OF CHILD ABUSE AFFECTS THEIR RESPECTIVE AGENCIES AND HOW THEY ARE COPING WITH IT. THE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN SAID THE LEGISLATURE HOPED TO DRAFT A BILL ON CHILD ABUSE, A PROBLEM THAT AFFECTS 60,000 CHILDREN EACH YEAR. THERE IS PRESENTLY NO LEGISLATION IN CALIFORNIA PROTECTING ABUSED CHILDREN....BS