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Peer reviewedMcDevitt, Suzanne – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1996
News stories from metropolitan daily newspapers were compared with child maltreatment reports made to mandated agencies on a local and national basis over 25 years. Results suggested that both child maltreatment reports and news coverage increased over the period surveyed. Media reports increased simultaneously with, rather than prior to,…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Compliance (Legal), Disclosure, Incidence
