Sometimes Child Welfare Agencies Are Called to Investigate a Child

question 20

Multiple Choice

Sometimes child welfare agencies are called to investigate a child who never seems to have clean clothing and is very skinny. The suspicion would be that the child is a victim of

• A) neglect.
• B) incest.
• C) violence.
• D) eldest child syndrome.

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