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1 Penalties for Failure to Report and False Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect 1 (2019)

handle is hein.scsl/penfre0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Penalties for Failure to Report
and False Reporting of Child
Abuse and Neglect
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Many cases of child abuse and neglect are
not reported, even when mandated by
law. Therefore, nearly every State and U.S.
territory imposes penalties, often in the form
of a fine or imprisonment, on mandatory
reporters who fail to report suspected child
abuse or neglect as required by law.1 In
addition, to prevent malicious or intentional
reporting of cases that are not founded, many
States and the U.S. Virgin Islands impose
penalties against any person who files a
report known to be false.

WHAT'S INSIDE
Penalties for failure to report
Penalties for false reporting

' Mandatory reporters are professionals and other persons who are required by State law to report suspected child abuse or
neglect. For more information, see Child Welfare Information Gateway's Mandatory Reporters of Child Abuse and Neglect at
httos://www.childwelfare.,ov/topics/systemwide/laws-policies /statutes /manda /.

Child Welfare
*   n  Information Gateway
PROTECTING CHILDREN IH STRENGTHENING FAMILIES

Children's Bureau
An Office of the Administration for Children & Families

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