This manual was developed and written by Diane D. Broadhurst and
It was edited and produced by Kirschner

James S. Knoeller.

Associates, Inc., Washington, D. C., under Contract No. HEW-105-77-1050.

Single copies of this document are available without charge from the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect, P.O. Box 1182, Washington, D.C. 20013.

THE ROLE OF

LAW ENFORCEMENT

IN THE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF
CHILD ABUSE AND NEGLECT

Diane D. Broadhurst
James S. Knoeller

Issued August 1979

National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect
Children's Bureau; Administration for Children, Youth and Families
Office of Human Development Services

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION AND WELFARE

DHEW Publication No. (OHDS) 79-30193

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Diane D. Broadhurst has served as a consultant on child abuse and neglect prevention programs since 1976. From 1974 to 1976, she was coordinator of Project PROTECTION for the Montgomery County Public Schools. This was a model program to train educators to recognize and properly refer children who may be abused or neglected. She has also served on the Maryland State Advisory Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect since 1974.

James S. Knoeller is Project Director of Juvenile Justice Training for the Division of State Police of the State of New Jersey. Prior to that, he served as a detective involved in investigation of juvenile crime and child abuse throughout New Jersey.

Kirschner Associates, Inc. staff who were responsible for editing and producing this manual include Robert A. MacDicken, Project Director, Marsha K. Salus and Gretchen L. Schultze.

The review panel for this manual included:

Donald Bross

John Flores Mendoza
Barbara Pruitt

Thelma Stiffarm

J. L. Wyatt.

The following are members of the Advisory Panel for Contract No.
HEW-105-77-1050:

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