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Nurse Home Visitors' Perceptions of Mandatory Reporting of Intimate Partner Violence to Law Enforcement Agencies
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Davidov, Danielle M.; Nadorff, Michael R.; Jack, Susan M.; Coben, Jeffrey H. – Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 2012
In the United States, there is an ongoing debate about requiring health care professionals to report intimate partner violence (IPV) to law enforcement agencies. A comprehensive examination of the perspectives of those required to report abuse is critical, as their roles as mandated reporters often pose legal, practical, moral, and ethical…
Descriptors: Nurses, Home Visits, Attitudes, Compliance (Legal)
The Association of Autism Diagnosis with Socioeconomic Status
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Thomas, Pauline; Zahorodny, Walter; Peng, Bo; Kim, Soyeon; Jani, Nisha; Halperin, William; Brimacombe, Michael – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2012
Background: In 2007 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported a higher prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in New Jersey, one of the wealthiest states in the United States, than in other surveillance regions. Objective: To examine the association of socioeconomic status (SES) with ASD prevalence. Methods: Information…
Descriptors: Socioeconomic Status, Autism, Educational Diagnosis, Disability Identification
Level-I Trauma Center Effects on Return-to-Work Outcomes
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Prada, Sergio I.; Salkever, David; MacKenzie, Ellen J. – Evaluation Review, 2012
Background: Injury is the leading cause of death for persons aged 1-44 years in the United States. Injuries have a substantial economic cost. For that reason, regional systems of trauma care in which the more acutely injured patients are transported to Level-I (L-I) trauma centers (TCs) has been widely advocated. However, the cost of TC care is…
Descriptors: Hospitals, Injuries, Patients, Probability
What Do We Know about Drug-Endangered Children when They Are First Placed into Care?
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Altshuler, Sandra J.; Cleverly-Thomas, Amber – Child Welfare, 2011
Although the methamphetamine epidemic in the United States has caught the attention of law enforcement and the media, the needs of the children living in so-called "meth homes" have not yet been addressed. These children are endangered from not only the chemicals involved, but also parental abuse and/or neglect. Little is known, however,…
Descriptors: School Security, Law Enforcement, Developmental Delays, Child Abuse
Program Completion and Recidivism Outcomes among Adult Offenders Ordered to Complete a Community Service Sentence
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Bouffard, Jeffrey A.; Muftic, Lisa R. – Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 2006
Relatively little research has examined the outcomes (either program completion or recidivism) of community service (CS) sentences among adult offenders in the United States, despite the fact that this form of alternative sanction has been employed in the United States for nearly 40 years. What little research exists, primarily from Europe,…
Descriptors: Recidivism, Sanctions, Institutionalized Persons, Public Service
Tracing Early Chinese Immigration into the United States: The Use of I.N.S. Documents.
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Aubitz, Shawn – Amerasia Journal, 1988
Examines the Chinese Exclusion Case Files of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), which documented the influx of Chinese immigrants from 1882-1923, the time when Chinese immigration was first limited and ultimately stopped altogether. These files contain data on thousands of immigrants, documenting their experience, aspirations, and…
Descriptors: Case Records, Chinese, Chinese Americans, Data Collection