@article{ref1,
title="Attitudes of Domestic Violence Shelter Workers Toward Mandated Reporter Laws: A Study of Policy Support and Policy Impact",
journal="Journal of policy practice",
year="2009",
author="Steen, Julie A.",
volume="8",
number="1",
pages="21-33",
abstract="In order to examine attitudes in the field of domestic violence toward mandated reporter laws, a survey was administered to domestic violence shelter workers. The respondents overwhelmingly supported the mandate to report abuse of a child. However, a mandate to report child witnessing of domestic violence was opposed by a slight majority. When compared with the group opposing the mandate, the group in support perceived more frequent occurrence of a report's positive impact and less frequent occurrence of a report's negative impacts. These results have implications for advocacy efforts that are focused on mandated reporter laws.<p />",
language="",
issn="1558-8742",
doi="10.1080/15588740802282367",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15588740802282367"
}