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Crimes against children are particularly heinous since they prey on victims who are often powerless to respond, and the punishments for the abuse or neglect of a child can be especially severe as a result. Even with the harsh outcomes for perpetrators of child abuse, however, reports of new abuse cases are unfortunately common. FindLaw’s Child Abuse news section is the premier source of information concerning child abuse law, and contains news and current event reports, legal articles from FindLaw authors and in-depth analysis by attorney experts of recent developments in the law.

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  1. What I do is I try to give people the perspective of police officers and what’s they’re dealing with, like in a child-abuse case
    SOURCE: Akron Beacon Journal 1 week ago
  2. If you give people the option, as you seem to do with mandatory reporting, many will avoid getting involved in child abuse work so children will fare worse.
    SOURCE: Irish Times 1 week ago
  3. Tungkol naman sa mga libel cases against her, that’s actually just a reaction to the child abuse case against her. Hindi naman niya sasabihin ang lahat ng mga nasabi niya kung wala naman talagang kaso
    SOURCE: Manila Bulletin 3 weeks ago
  4. To my knowledge Patridge has never handled a Measure 11 case, a child abuse case, an adult sex crime case or a homicide ... Fifteen of the 19 deputy DA's would have more prosecutorial experience than Patridge.
    SOURCE: Mail Tribune 3 weeks ago
  5. Confessions are held in private so that priests do not know who is in the confessional box. I would question whether the mandatory reporting requirement will stop even one case of child sexual abuse.
    SOURCE: Irish Central 2 weeks ago
  6. Child abuse case against @annabellerama2 dismissed by Court for lack of probable cause! Thank you Lord!! Justice is served! ☺
    SOURCE: Manila Bulletin 4 weeks ago
  7. If we had mandatory reporting, organisations would change their procedures and have training so everyone knows to report child abuse to CYF
    SOURCE: TVNZ 3 weeks ago
  8. It's the most horrific child abuse case we've ever seen
    SOURCE: Tampa Bay Online 1 week ago
  9. Apparently it's unclear who is a mandated reporter and how that procedure happens.
    SOURCE: Morris Daily Herald 1 week ago
  10. Barry O'Farrell's attorney-general needs to explain how he thinks it is appropriate to meet with a priest to talk about an alleged child abuse case involving his personal friend and parish priest
    SOURCE: The Age 1 month ago
  11. We welcome the Aldersgate Group's poll. The message for Government should be clear, there is significant support for mandatory reporting from both business and the public, and it should be introduced as soon as possible.
    SOURCE: Environmental Data Interactive 1 week ago
  12. The official was a judge who'd ruled on a child abuse case. The judge had to be placed under protection subsequently.
    SOURCE: ABC (Australia) Online 1 month ago
  13. You are aware of the risks involved with shaken baby syndrome?
    SOURCE: Your News Now - Rochester, NY 1 month ago
  14. You are aware of the risks involved with shaken baby syndrome?
    SOURCE: Your News Now - Finger Lakes 1 month ago
  15. You are aware of the risks involved with shaken baby syndrome?
    SOURCE: Your News Now - Rochester, NY 1 month ago
  16. You are aware of the risks involved with shaken baby syndrome?
    SOURCE: Your News Now - Batavia, NY 1 month ago
  17. You are aware of the risks involved with shaken baby syndrome?
    SOURCE: Your News Now - Finger Lakes 1 month ago
  18. We're familiar with the Shaken Baby Syndrome ... You shake a baby, the brain shakes around inside the skull. You can die when someone's pounding your head into the ground.
    SOURCE: Yahoo! Health 1 month ago
  19. We’re familiar with the Shaken Baby Syndrome ... You shake a baby, the brain shakes around inside the skull. You can die when someone’s pounding your head into the ground.
    SOURCE: Vibe 1 month ago
  20. We’re familiar with the Shaken Baby Syndrome ... You shake a baby, the brain shakes around inside the skull. You can die when someone’s pounding your head into the ground.
    SOURCE: Jack & Jill Politics 1 month ago
  21. We're familiar with the Shaken Baby Syndrome ... You shake a baby, the brain shakes around inside the skull. You can die when someone's pounding your head into the ground.
    SOURCE: TheLoop21 1 month ago
  22. But characteristic injuries associated with SBS, as Shaken Baby Syndrome is known, include bleeding in the brain. There are often no visible external signs such injuries have occurred.
    SOURCE: The Atlantic 1 month ago
  23. We're familiar with the Shaken Baby Syndrome ... You shake a baby, the brain shakes around inside the skull. You can die when someone's pounding your head into the ground.
    SOURCE: The Huffington Post 1 month ago
  24. We're familiar with the Shaken Baby Syndrome ... You shake a baby, the brain shakes around inside the skull. You can die when someone's pounding your head into the ground.
    SOURCE: New York Magazine 1 month ago
  25. It would have been a very unsafe situation to be in with mandatory reporting
    SOURCE: Oregon Daily Emerald 2 weeks ago
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