ERIC ED286122: Child Abuse and Neglect in America: The Problem and the Response. Hearing before the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, First Session.

by: ERIC

Publication date: 1987-03-03

Topics: ERIC Archive, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Government Role, Hearings, Intervention, Prevention, Public Policy

Collection: ericarchive; additional_collections

Language: English

This document presents witness testimonies and prepared statements from the Congressional hearing called to examine the problem of child abuse and neglect. In his opening statement, Representative George Miller discusses a survey of governors which documents the large increases in reports of child abuse and neglect during the last 10 years. The study, Abused Children in America: Victims of Official Neglect, is included. Opening remarks are also included from Representatives Dan Coats, Lindy Boggs, J. Dennis Hastert, and Gerry Sikorski. Witnesses providing testimony include: (1) Richard Krugman, director of the C. Henry Kempe National Center for the Prevention and Treatment of Child Abuse and Neglect; (2) Frederick Green, president of the National Committee for the Prevention of Child Abuse; (3) Douglas Besharov, a resident scholar of the American Enterprise Institute; (4) Ruth Massinga, secretary of the Maryland State Department of Human Resources; (5) Jeanne Soulis, research coordinator for The Children's Place in Kansas City, Missouri; and (6) Patricia Raphael, president of the Parents Anonymous Organizations of Massachusetts. Witnesses present research findings on the scope of the problem of child abuse and neglect; discuss the changing nature of child abuse; and recommend policies, practices, and resources needed to respond to the problem. (NB)