This book provides the first comprehensive international coverage of key
issues in mandatory reporting of child abuse and neglect. The book draws
on a collection of the foremost scholars in the field, as well as
clinicians and practice-based experts, to explore the nature, history,
impact and justifiability of mandatory reporting laws, their optimal
form, legal and conceptual issues, and practical issues and challenges
for reporters, professional educators and governments. Key issues in
non-Western nations are also explored briefly to assess the potential of
socio-legal responses sex trafficking, forced child labour and child
marriage. The book is of particular value to policy makers, educators
and opinion leaders in government departments dealing with children, and
to professionals and organisations who work with children. It is also
intended to be a key authority for researchers and teachers in the
fields of medicine, nursing, social work, education, law, psychology,
health and allied health fields.