Currently, the efficacy of mandatory reporting is being called into question. Some of the criticisms and concerns that have been expressed regarding CAPTA (the 1974 Child Abuse Prevention and ...

Colorado could soon overhaul its mandatory reporting law – and change its definition of child abuse and neglect. The state’s mandatory reporting law, adopted in 1963, was the first of its kind in the ...

A Minnesota senator wants to strengthen state laws meant to hold adults entrusted with children’s safety accountable for failing to report suspected child abuse, after an investigation by the ...