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| Private enforcement of criminal mandatory reporting laws | | Author(s) | Seymour Moskowitz |
| Journal title | Journal of Elder Abuse & Neglect, vol 9, no 3, 1998 |
| Pages | pp 1-22 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Elder abuse ; Neglect [care] ; Personnel ; Medical workers ; Criminal law ; Civil law ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | In the United States (US), 42 states and the District of Columbia have statutes requiring specified professionals who have reason to believe or suspect that elder abuse or neglect is occurring to report it to a designated public authority. Failure to report abuse is typically a criminal offence. Despite numerous studies indicating professionals' failure to report, criminal enforcement of these laws have been ineffectual at best, and non-existent at worst. This article suggests the use of civil remedies - private damage actions or sanctions against licensure - for the problem of non-reporting. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980715401 A |
| Classmark | QNT: QNR: QM: QT: VX: VRL: 7T |
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