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"I work with Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota, and we recently published a study on child fatalities in Minnesota from maltreatment.
We are currently exploring whether the information we used in our study is available in other states, potentially making it possible to replicate our study.
In Minnesota, Juvenile Court child protection records are publicly accessible through terminals situated at county courthouses. Through these terminals we gathered Child in Need of Protection and Services (CHIPS) and Termination of Parental Rights (TPR) petitions, each of which usually included case histories provided to the court by caseworkers and Guardians ad Litem. We augmented this with related information in Criminal and Family Court records, including missing demographic data, related custody issues, malicious punishment of a child convictions, and no-contact orders related to incidents of Domestic Violence.
In addition, Minnesota counties are required upon request by any citizen or organization to produce a report describing key aspects of the case including past involvement with child protection, number of past reports, the relationship between the child and perpetrator, and how the fatality occurred.
Does anyone know if there is an inventory or research regarding which court records are publicly accessible by state, or other ways in which information on child fatalities is made public?"
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Sarah Haegele
Ireland Justice Fellow
Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota
sarah@safepassageforchildren.org
920-362-2005
www.safepassageforchildren.org
She/Her/Hers
Hello,
Please post the following to the listserve.
Thanks!
"I work with Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota, and we recently published a study on child fatalities in Minnesota from maltreatment.
We are currently exploring whether the information we used in our study is available in other states, potentially making it possible to replicate our study.
In Minnesota, Juvenile Court child protection records are publicly accessible through terminals situated at county courthouses. Through these terminals we gathered Child in Need of Protection and Services (CHIPS) and Termination of Parental Rights (TPR) petitions, each of which usually included case histories provided to the court by caseworkers and Guardians ad Litem. We augmented this with related information in Criminal and Family Court records, including missing demographic data, related custody issues, malicious punishment of a child convictions, and no-contact orders related to incidents of Domestic Violence.
In addition, Minnesota counties are required upon request by any citizen or organization to produce a report describing key aspects of the case including past involvement with child protection, number of past reports, the relationship between the child and perpetrator, and how the fatality occurred.
Does anyone know if there is an inventory or research regarding which court records are publicly accessible by state, or other ways in which information on child fatalities is made public?"
--
Sarah Haegele
Ireland Justice Fellow
Safe Passage for Children of Minnesota
sarahsafepassageforchildren.org
920-362-2005
www.safepassageforchildren.org
She/Her/Hers
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