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Selected Resources
Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities: Statistics and Interventions
This factsheet provides an overview of the prevalence and characteristics of child abuse-related fatalities, including information about how many children die each year from maltreatment, which groups of children are most vulnerable, how the deaths occur, and what is known about the perpetrators. It also discusses the role of the community in preventing and responding to child deaths and provides a list of organizations to contact for more information. (5 references)
National Center for Child Death Review
Maternal and Child Health Bureau
The resource center offers training and technical assistance to State and local child death review programs. Their website includes information on tools, curricula, data, and more.
Investigating Child Fatalities (PDF - 482 KB)
Walsh (2005)
Awareness of some basic dynamics and issues is critical to effective investigations of child fatalities.
Tips for Investigating Child Fatalities
American Prosecutors Research Institute (2000)
Provides checklists for the investigation of child fatalities. Suggestions are presented for identifying and interviewing witnesses, examining the suspected crime scene, creating a timeline of the child's last hours or days, and analyzing data.
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