Mandatory reporting legislation in the USA, Canada and Australia: a cross-jurisdictional review of key features, differences and issues
Mandatory reporting legislation in the USA, Canada and Australia: a cross-jurisdictional review of key features, differences and issues
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美国、加拿大和澳大利亚的强制报告立法：对主要特征、差异和问题的跨司法管辖区审查
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2008
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M. Kenny
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Benjamin Mathews;M. Kenny
美国、加拿大和澳大利亚制定了特别详细的强制性虐待儿童报告法，作为政府战略的核心部分，以便在早期阶段发现虐待和忽视案件，保护儿童，并促进向儿童和家庭提供服务。然而，这些法律的条款在这些国家内部和国家之间有很大的不同，这些差异往往会扩大或缩小需要报告的案件的范围，以及由谁报告。本文件的目的是对迄今为止投资最多的三个国家的强制性报告立法进行当前和系统的审查。对这些法律的关键要素进行了比较，揭示了重大差异，并说明了已经有法律的国家的立法机构和决策机构所面临的问题。这些调查结果还将对那些仍在制定法律的管辖区和那些今后可能选择设计强制性报告制度的管辖区具有指导意义。
Mandatory child abuse reporting laws have developed in particular detail in the US, Canada, and Australia, as a central part of governments’ strategy to detect cases of abuse and neglect at an early stage, protect children, and facilitate the provision of services to children and families. Yet, the terms of these laws differ in significant ways, both within and between these nations, with the differences tending to broaden or narrow the scope of cases required to be reported, and by whom. The purpose of this paper is to provide a current and systematic review of mandatory reporting legislation in the three countries which have invested most heavily in them to date. A comparison of key elements of these laws is conducted, disclosing significant differences and illuminating the issues facing legislatures and policymaking bodies in countries already having the laws. These findings will also be instructive to those jurisdictions still developing their laws and to those which may in the future choose to design a system of mandatory reporting.