4th Child Abuse Death Examination by the Third Party Committee, etc.

In the case of a fourth-year elementary school girl who was abused by parents in Noda City, Chiba Prefecture, Chiba Prefecture established a new child consultation center after receiving a report from a third-party committee that verified the administrative response. Will be considered.

In January, a report published by the third-party committee of the prefecture on the 25th in the case that the fourth grader of Noda City was abused by their parents and died in January, was about the “Kashiwa Child Consultation Center” The jurisdiction has a population of 1.4 million, which is outstanding in the whole country and the number of staff is insufficient.

In response, the Chiba Prefectural Children and Family Division is planning to steadily increase the number of employees such as child welfare officers.

In addition to supporting Sakai City and Funabashi City, which have a policy of setting up a city-specific child guidance center, the prefecture will immediately consider the establishment of a new child guidance center based on the number of responses. .

Chiba Prefecture says, “We want to promote fundamental reforms such as how the organization should be in order to steadily implement the content of the proposal.”