HD FS 258 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Reasonable Suspicion, Mary Ellen Wilson
15 Jan 2017
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Perpetrator: a person who has committed child abuse and is a: perpetrator can also include: A person who is 14 years of age or older and is responsible for child. A person who is 14 year of age or older and residing in the same home. A person who is18 years of age or older who does not reside in the home. But is related to the child: example, perpetrator also includes failure to act . People who fail to act can include: An 18 year old who is responsible for caretaking: or resides in the same home. History of child maltreatment and laws governing it. Federal and state definitions of child maltreatment. Examples of maltreatment provided in pa acts. The case of mary ellen wilson: neighbor reached out. She did not have to/there was no law requiring her to take action: saw mary in the street in nightgown in the middle of winter.
