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- Title
CATCHING AMERICAN SEX OFFENDERS OVERSEAS: A PROPOSAL FOR A FEDERAL INTERNATIONAL MANDATED REPORTING LAW.
- Authors
Tchividjian, Basyle J.
- Abstract
The article focuses on mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse by U.S. citizens in foreign countries. Topics discussed include U.S. resident Mary Ellen Wilson being rescued from child abuse by missionary Etta Wheeler, the enactment of the Child Abuse Protection and Treatment Act (CAPTA) in 1974 and the criminalization of sexual abuse of children by U.S. citizens in foreign lands under the Prosecutorial Remedies and Other Tools to End the Exploitation of Children Today (PROTECT) act.
- Subjects
UNITED States; REPORTING of child sexual abuse; MANDATORY reporting (Law); CHILD abuse laws; WILSON, Mary Ellen; WHEELER, Etta
- Publication
UMKC Law Review, 2015, Vol 83, Issue 3, p687
- ISSN
0047-7575
- Publication type
Article