A Policy Analysis Of Child Abuse Prevention And Treatment: The Child Abuse Prevention And Treatment Act (Capta) Of 1974
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A Policy Analysis Of Child Abuse Prevention And Treatment: The Child Abuse Prevention And Treatment Act (Capta) Of 1974
This paper endeavors to use the framework for policy analysis proposed by Howard Karger and David Stoesz (2002, p. 29-38). In their commentary on the challenges to policy analysis, and the the analyst, Karger and Stoesz (2002, p. 36) point out, "...the analyst must select a policy that is both discrete and specific. For example, it would be difficult, if not impossible, to do an exhaustive analysis of child welfare policies in the United States...Policies on child welfare are composed of myriad programs that constitute a patchwork quilt of social policies...the question then becomes which policy will be analyzed." For this paper, I have selected the policy of child abuse reporting, and specifically the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act of 1974 (CAPTA), for analysis. Though CAPTA referenced treatment, the act most specifically dealt with the establishment of mandatory reporting guidelines.
Policy Analysis Framework - Part I: Historical Background of the Policy (CAPTA): What historical problems led to the creation of the policy?
Child welfare had its origins in the late 1800's. Under the Children's Aid Society of New York, literally thousands of children, either homeless or living in the bowels of urban conditions, were removed from homes and transported to midwestern farms. This practice fell under ridicule and by the beginning of the 20th Century, most large cities had children's aid societies that funneled unwanted children into the homes of others more suited to care for them (the precursor of foster care). Protective services for children surfaced in the late 1800's, as an outgrowth of the New York Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. When a case of child abuse was uncovered, the legal rights of the child could only be promulgated under the animal protection rights laws. By 1922, over 50 societies for the prevention of cruelty to children had been established. Awareness of child abuse had been raised to...
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