This is a great primer for anyone involved in the process of creating or contributing to the child death review process. I don’t believe any other book has covered the subject so thoroughly and succinctly. –Doody s Review; Jennifer Forsyth, MD (University of Kansas Medical Center)
This book includes technical information that reflects a change in attitude towards child death investigation. Cases that might have gone unexamined in previous years have been pursued with additional investigation by individuals questioning what others accepted. You will face similar choices where the cause, manner, and circumstances of death are not clear. You will probably find cases where the material in this book has not been applied, where the investigation at least appears inaccurate or incomplete. –Michael Durfee, MD Chief Consultant Los Angeles County, Interagency Council on Child Abuse and Neglect (ICAN) National Center for Child Fatality Review Los Angeles, California
This guide is not meant to provide you with answers to the broader questions related to the risky behaviors, inadequate social systems, or dangerous environments that harm children. It is only by understanding the complex and often hidden causes of child deaths that we can work to prevent other deaths. The child fatality review process is one way to do this. It is a process that helps professionals from many disciplines, including forensics, criminal justice, social services, public health, education, and child advocacy share case information on the complex array of circumstances in individual deaths in order to improve their investigations, services, and systems; and to identify strategies to prevent other deaths. The Child Fatality Review Quick Reference will provide you with information on conducting an effective review. –Theresa Covington, MPH Executive Director National Center for Child Death Review Washington, DC Senior Program Director Michigan Public Health Institute Okemos, Michigan
About the Author
Randell Alexander, MD, PhD, FAAP
Dr. Alexander is the Director of the Center For Child Abuse at the Morehouse School of Medicine and Associate Professor of Pediatrics. He is on the International Advisory Board for the National Center on Shaken Baby Syndrome, has served as Vice-chair of the US Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect. He has also served on the Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect for the American Academy of Pediatrics and the boards of the American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children (APSAC) and Prevent Child Abuse America (formerly the National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse). Dr. Alexander has served on state child death review committees in Iowa and Georgia, is chair of the Committee on Child Abuse for the Georgia chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, is immediate Past-President of the Georgia chapter of APSAC, and Executive Director of GA CARES. He has extensive interests in all forms of child abuse, particularly shaken baby syndrome, Munchausen syndrome by proxy, prevention, and child death review. He is an active researcher, lectures widely, and frequently testifies on major child abuse cases throughout the country.
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