TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2009//
TI  - Attitudes of Domestic Violence Shelter Workers Toward Mandated Reporter Laws: A Study of Policy Support and Policy Impact
JO  - Journal of policy practice
A1  - Steen, Julie A.
SP  - 21
EP  - 33
VL  - 8
IS  - 1
N2  - 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 /> 
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SN  - 1558-8742
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15588740802282367
ID  - ref1
ER  -