Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect Team (SCAN Team): early establishment, success stories, challenges and the way forward / Yarina Ahmad ... [et al.]

• Main Authors: Ahmad, Yarina, Denise, Cuthbert, Arunachalam, Dharma, Niner, Sara
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Administrative Science and Policy Studies 2015
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/12717/2/AJ_YARINA%20AHMAD%20JAS%2015.pdf; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/12717/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

This paper presents a pioneering program/initiative to prevent child abuse in Malaysia: Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect Team (hereafter SCAN Team). While there are three main initiative/programs to prevent child abuse in Malaysia, namely Child Protection Team, Child Protection Unit and SCAN Team;...