Sentences with phrase «alleged prior abuse»

The first prosecution goal was accomplished by putting the focus on the history of the mother's relationship with her sons, as she had a significantly less salient role in their alleged prior abuse than the father and was hardly a current threat to two grown young men.

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Among the provisions, the law would empower Child or Adult Protective Services to seek a court order to enter premises to investigate claims of abuse if access is denied by the homeowner; allow Child Protective Services to share information about prior abuse with Adult Protective Services; and make it a Class A misdemeanor to deny Child or Adult Protective Services access to an alleged victim for an interview.

A notice of claim filed by an employee, alleged the county was aware of prior reports of sexual harassment or abuse committed by commissioner Al Dirschberger and did not act appropriately to stop the behavior.

Father filed a motion prior to trial alleging Mother was abusing prescription pills.

Finally, they allege that the defendants negligently failed to investigate allegations of abuse, including one student's prior abusive behavior.

Based on prior research suggesting that distinctions between allegations and substantiations are not useful, 31,32 official reports of alleged child abuse were coded using a slightly modified version33 of the maltreatment classification scheme developed by Barnett et al. 34 Three general indicators of child abuse were created, each dichotomized as present or not, based on the coding of the following records: (1) physical abuse (any blows or injury to the head, torso, buttocks, or limbs; and violent handling, choking, burning, shaking, or nondescript injury); (2) sexual abuse (any sexual exposure, exploitation, molestation, or penetration); and (3) psychological maltreatment (threats to psychological safety and security, lack of acceptance and threats to self - esteem, or failure to allow age - appropriate autonomy).