CRM/LAW C118 Chapter 11: c118textbookch11
15 Feb 2019
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Recognition tied closely to rising status of children & women & acknowledgement of their issues. Can say things are getting better even though lack the quantitative data to back up that claim. Number of child abuse incidents reported to cps has remained fairly stable. Public awareness has risen at same time, definitions more inclusive, & mandatory reporting laws strengthened. Would have expected reports to increase -> fact that reports have remained stable may be sign that actual rates have declined. Suggest rates of child maltreatment have declined if look at substantiated reports. Social problems are not always getting worse despite temptation to assume otherwise. Vmir is social problem that is getting better based on historical evidence. Several factors lead to conclude that declines are real: Family violence survey & re-survey both of which used cts -> rates of self- reported violence declined significantly over 10 year period (from 1975 to 1988)
