The Costs of Child Abuse vs. Child Abuse Prevention: Alabama's Experience
| dc.creator | Watters, A. J., Odom, R., Ferguson, C., Boschung, M. & Edwards, S. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-09-19T16:26:53Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-09-19T16:26:53Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2007 | |
| dc.description | Child abuse is defined by the Federal Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act as any recent act or failure to act on the part of a parent or caretaker that results in death, serious physical or emotional harm, sexual abuse, or exploitation; or an act or failure to act that presents an imminent risk of serious harm. In 2001 over one million children were victims of child abuse and neglect here in the United States. In Alabama in the year 2004 approximately 10,110 children were victims of child abuse and neglect. Child abuse can and does cause a strain on the state s social, health, and judicial services. The purpose of this study is to document the costs to the taxpayers of Alabama. | |
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| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11212/699 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://ctf.alabama.gov/Archived%20Info/pdfs/Costs_Child_Abuse_vs_Child_Abuse_Prev.pdf | |
| dc.publisher | Center for Business And Economic Research, University of Alabama | |
| dc.subject | Economic impact | |
| dc.subject | Prevention | |
| dc.title | The Costs of Child Abuse vs. Child Abuse Prevention: Alabama's Experience | |
| dc.type | Text |