ERIC Number: EJ974083
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Mar
Pages: 17
Abstractor: As Provided
Reference Count: 32
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ISSN: ISSN-0161-5653
Safe Haven Laws and School Social Work
Kopels, Sandra
School Social Work Journal, v36 n2 p27-43 Mar 2012
"Safe haven" laws are designed to protect infants from being killed or otherwise harmed. This article examines the safe haven laws from the states that comprise the Midwest School Social Work Council and the variations between these laws regarding the age of the infant, where the infant can be left, who is allowed to leave the infant, whether there is immunity for parents from prosecution or civil proceedings, whether there is immunity for providers, and what type of information is provided to the parent or public. It then looks at why teenagers who become pregnant may abandon or harm their infants. Finally, it discusses the roles that social workers might take to assist pregnant teenagers in planning about their babies and prevent them from abandoning their infants. (Contains 1 table.)
Descriptors: Pregnancy, Infants, Adolescents, School Social Workers, Social Work, Laws, Death, Parents, Law Enforcement, Early Parenthood, Counselor Role, Prevention
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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