Limited studies exist evaluating the multidisciplinary team (MDT) decision-making process
and its outcomes. This study evaluates the MDT determination of the likelihood of child …

This study examines the impact of multidisciplinary teams (MDTs) coordinated by Children's
Advocacy Centers (CACs) on the prosecutorial decision to accept or reject cases of child …

The multidisciplinary approach to diagnose, evaluate, and plan the treatment of victims of
child abuse and neglect has been widely advocated and adopted by hospitals and …

Child Advocacy Centers (CACs) are a child-centered, multidisciplinary response to child
abuse. Two important components of a CAC model include the multidisciplinary team (MDT) …

A multidisciplinary team should include representatives from all agencies involved in family
violence cases. This usually involves law enforcement, the prosecutor's office, protective …

The Child Advocacy Center (CAC) model has been presented as the solution to many of the
problems inherent in responses by authorities to child sexual abuse. The lack of referral to …

Since the establishment of the first Child Advocacy Center (CAC) in 1985, coordinating
intervention of prosecution, child protection, and medical and mental health services to …

Abstract Child Advocacy Centers (CAC) emphasize developing effective cross-agency
collaborations between workers involved in serious abuse investigations to foster …

This study examines judgments made by hospital-based child protection teams (CPTs)
when determining if there is reasonable suspicion that a child has been maltreated, and …

Objective: Child Advocacy Centers (CACs) are designed to improve the community
collaborative response to child sexual abuse and the criminal justice processing of child …