The Long Shadow of Family Separation: a Structural and Historical Introduction to Mandated Reporting in the Domestic Violence Context

This article aims to review briefly the broader social, historical, and structural contexts of mandated reporting and the linked phenomena of parent ing surveillance and the forced separation of families of color. Centering these broader legacies of violence and other harms expands our capacity to ask the right research questions and support survivors more effectively as they seek help from systems they need for safety and healing, but that they also rightly fear.
Source: Journal of Family Violence - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research