Critical Incident Reporting -- an Approach to Reviewing the Investigation and Management of Child Abuse

Correspondence to Chris Mills, Information and Research Officer, Middlesex Area Probation Service, 4th Floor, Glen House. 200 Tottenham Court Road, London WIP 9LA. Summary It is argued that the technique of critical incident analysiscan profitably be applied to the study of human errors in theinter-agency management of child abuse. Suggestions are madefor a basis on which reporting could take place.