Wurtele S K, Schmitt A
Department of Psychology, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs 80933-7150.
Child Abuse Negl. 1992;16(3):385-90. doi: 10.1016/0145-2134(92)90047-u.
As reports of the sexual abuse of preschool-aged children increase and the number of children in day care expands, it is important to recognize child care workers as potentially important resource persons for sexually abused preschoolers. Although they are potential resources for abused children, they may fail to report suspected abuse if they do not know their legal responsibilities and their rights and protections under the law. The purpose of this study was to determine child care workers' knowledge about their reporting rights and responsibilities. Relative to child sexual abuse experts, day care personnel knew significantly less about the procedures for reporting suspected abuse and their protection under the law. Suggestions for improving child care workers' knowledge about reporting suspected sexual abuse cases are provided.
随着学龄前儿童遭受性虐待的报告不断增加，以及日托机构中儿童数量的扩大，认识到儿童保育工作者是遭受性虐待的学龄前儿童潜在的重要信息源就显得尤为重要。尽管他们是受虐儿童的潜在信息源，但如果他们不了解自己的法律责任以及法律赋予他们的权利和保护，就可能不会报告疑似虐待事件。本研究的目的是确定儿童保育工作者对其报告权利和责任的了解情况。与儿童性虐待专家相比，日托机构工作人员对报告疑似虐待事件的程序以及法律保护的了解要少得多。本文还提供了一些提高儿童保育工作者对报告疑似性虐待案件的认识的建议。
