Crimes against Children: C. Physical Neglect. Discussion Paper 86-1C.

This document is one of six discussion papers prepared for the Wisconsin Legislative Council's Special Committee on Crimes Against Children. The introduction explains the committee's task of conducting a thorough examination of state laws relating to crimes against children, reviewing major policy issues affecting those laws to determine whether substantive changes are needed in various statutory provisions and reorganizing the laws. This paper deals with the problem of physical neglect of children. Part I covers the laws relating to failure to support, part II deals with the prohibition against abandonment of a young child, and part III discusses the prohibition against abuse of children in facilities. For each of these issues, there is a section explaining current law and a section giving suggestions for statutory revisions. Copies of the statutes covered in the report, arranged in numerical order, and a copy of ss. 939.50 to 939.52, which prescribe the basic criminal penalty classification system used in the Criminal Code are appended. (NB)