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19 Sufflok U. L. Rev. 227 (1985)
The Institutional and Educational Abuse of Children in State Care

handle is hein.journals/sufflr19 and id is 247 raw text is: SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW Volume XIX R.I. Survey, 1985 Number 2 THE INSTITUTIONAL AND EDUCATIONAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN IN STATE CARE Thomas R. Finn and Michael D. Coleman* I. INTRODUCTION Each year the State of Rhode Island provides substitute residential care for thousands of children.' The Department for Children and their Families (DCF)2 petitions for legal care or custody of these children before the family court, alleging either abuse,' neglect,4 dependency5 delinquency,6 or waywardness,7 or else DCF obtains custody through voluntary placement agreements signed by parents.8 DCF monitors and evaluates all residential and nonresidential child care institutions, group homes, foster homes, and programs.9 DCF discharges its responsibility to protect children from harm through the operation of its child protective services division which investigates complaints of child abuse and neglect by biological parents0 and places children in substitute care. Rhode Island's mandatory re- porting law concerning child abuse and neglect aids DCF in dis- charging its responsibility by requiring any person who has reasonable * Thomas R. Finn is Associate Professor of Law at Suffolk University Law School in Boston, Massachusetts. Michael D. Coleman is Child Advocate for the State of Rhode Island. 1. See Department for Children and Their Families, 1985-86 Budget Request, at BB-12 and BB-16 (1985) (indicating approximate average daily population of children in substitute care at 2,250 children). 2. See R.I. GEN. LAWS § 42-72-1 to -30 (1984) (establishing DCF). 3. Id. §§ 14-1-3(H) (1981), 40-11-2(2), -7 (1984). 4. Id. 5. Id. § 14-1-3 (1981) (amended 1984). 6. Id. § 14-1-3(F). 7. Id. § 14-1-3(G). 8. Id. § 42-72-14 (1979) (amended 1984). 9. Id. § 42-72-5(8) (1984). 10. Id. § 40-11-7. 11. Id. § 40-11-7-1.

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