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Does Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse Single Out Poor Families?
A list of sweeping Pennsylvania reforms to the state’s definition of what constitutes child abuse, when people are required to report it, and the amount of punishment meted out to those who fail to do so, has resulted in tens of thousand of unfounded reports, disproportionately affecting families of color living in poverty.