Politics and Policy: An Examination of Child Abuse Policy in the United States
Faculty Sponsor(s)
Tom Love and Hillary Crane
Location
Jereld R. Nicholson Library: Grand Avenue
Subject Area
Sociology
Description
The purpose of this research is to see if there is a way to discern general policy definitional frameworks that are better suited to serve the children and assist in intervention and prevention efforts. I hypothesize that the more liberal the policy, the more descriptive it will be and thus the more helpful it will be for the successful implementation of these definitional frameworks. I analyzed child abuse and neglect definitional policies, the percent of abused children in each state, and the partisan composition of state legislatures. As a result, the more descriptive the policy, the more child abuse and neglect gets reported. I concluded that more research and funding is needed in order to fully understand the links between how these general policy definitional frameworks assist in intervention and prevention efforts.
Recommended Citation
Hopper, Rebecca N., "Politics and Policy: An Examination of Child Abuse Policy in the United States" (2017). Linfield University Student Symposium: A Celebration of Scholarship and Creative Achievement. Event. Submission 41.
https://digitalcommons.linfield.edu/symposium/2017/all/41
Politics and Policy: An Examination of Child Abuse Policy in the United States
Jereld R. Nicholson Library: Grand Avenue
The purpose of this research is to see if there is a way to discern general policy definitional frameworks that are better suited to serve the children and assist in intervention and prevention efforts. I hypothesize that the more liberal the policy, the more descriptive it will be and thus the more helpful it will be for the successful implementation of these definitional frameworks. I analyzed child abuse and neglect definitional policies, the percent of abused children in each state, and the partisan composition of state legislatures. As a result, the more descriptive the policy, the more child abuse and neglect gets reported. I concluded that more research and funding is needed in order to fully understand the links between how these general policy definitional frameworks assist in intervention and prevention efforts.
