Table of Contents

• Dedication
• Foreword
• Mission and Composition of the USABCAN
• Executive Summary
• Preface
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: Defining the Scope and Nature of Fatal Abuse and Neglect
• Chapter 2: Addressing Shared Responsibility: Case Investigation and Prosecution
• Chapter 3: The Need for a Nationwide System of Child Death Review Teams
• Chapter 4: Toward a Better Future: Services and Interventions for Children and Families and Fatality Prevention
• Conclusion: The Challenge
• Epilogue
• Appendix A: List of U.S. Advisory Board Members
• Appendix B: Participants of 1992, 1993, and 1994 Hearings and Workshops
• Appendix C: Review of Child Fatalities Research and Literature
• Appendix D: Map and List of Child Death Review Team Contacts
• Appendix E: Sample Death Certificate

The children's artwork for this report has been provided by ICAN/ICAN Associates, Los Angeles County, from their Child Abuse Prevention Month Poster Art Contest.

The views expressed in this report are those of the members of the U.S. Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect and do not necessarily reflect the views of any part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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For information regarding this report, A Nation's Shame: Fatal Child Abuse and Neglect in the United States. Fifth Report, U.S. Advisory Board on Chld Abuse and Neglect, April 1995, contact:

The following board publications are also available from The National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect:

• Child Abuse and Neglect: Critical First Steps in Response to a National Emergency (August, 1990)
• Creating Caring Communities: Blueprint for an Effective Federal Policy on Child Abuse and Neglect (September, 1991)
• The Continuing Child Protection Emergency: A Challenge to the Nation (April, 1993)
• Neighbors Helping Neighbors: A New National Strategy for the Protection of Children (September, 1993)

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