Re:Police Need Warrants to Search Homes. Child Welfare Agent...
by duskwuff on Monday October 24, 2022 @05:07PM
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> That statement tells you a lot about the "article". Only someone with a very strong agenda would view 5% child abuse as "only".
It also entirely ignores findings of neglect. An agent who inspects a home and discovers that the children are sleeping on the floor and have no clean clothing, for example, hasn't found evidence that children have been "physically or sexually abused", but has made a finding of neglect which may be sufficient to remove the children from the home.
This isn't to say that there aren't problems here. The article goes on to discuss a number of real problems in home inspections from child services -- but this statistic alone isn't representative of the real situation.
It also entirely ignores findings of neglect. An agent who inspects a home and discovers that the children are sleeping on the floor and have no clean clothing, for example, hasn't found evidence that children have been "physically or sexually abused", but has made a finding of neglect which may be sufficient to remove the children from the home.
This isn't to say that there aren't problems here. The article goes on to discuss a number of real problems in home inspections from child services -- but this statistic alone isn't representative of the real situation.