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Prevalence of Recurrence of Maltreatment
For many children who experience repeat maltreatment, the efforts of the child protective services system have not been successful in preventing subsequent victimization. Find sources of data on the recurrence of child maltreatment.
Child Maltreatment Recurrence: Supplement to the Briefing Paper on Child Maltreatment Recurrence (PDF - 740 KB)
National Resource Center on Child Maltreatment (2002)
Presents an overview of research and a guide to help States and localities formulate questions about recurrence that serve as a basis for research and evaluation.
Child Welfare Outcomes 2002-2005 : Report to Congress
Mandated by the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997, this annual report analyzes the performance of state child welfare agencies on seven child welfare outcomes including the recurrence of child abuse and neglect, permanency planning, placement stability, and the safety of children in foster care. See a list of all Child Welfare Outcomes Reports. Data were obtained from state reports provided to the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting Systems (AFCARS) and the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) for the years 2004 and 2005. After completion of the first round of the CFSRs in ...
Epidemiology of Child Maltreatment Recurrences
DePanfilis & Zuravin
Social Service Review, 73(2), 1999
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Analysis of patterns and frequency of recurrence of substantiated instances of maltreatment in an urban child welfare system.
An Event History Analysis of Recurrent Child Maltreatment Reports in Florida
Lipien & Forthofer
Child Abuse and Neglect, 28(9), 2004
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Describes the timing of maltreatment recurrence and measures associations between child demographics and characteristics of initial reports with recurrent maltreatment.
Recidivism in Child Protective Services Among Substantiated and Unsubstantiated Cases
Drake, Jonson-Reid, Way, & Chung (2002)
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Longitudinal study using data from the Missouri Department of Social Services to compare the recidivism rates of unsubstantiated and substantiated cases at the victim, perpetrator, and case levels.
Reducing Re-referral in Unsubstantiated Child Protective Services Cases: Research To Practice
This paper identifies strategies to reduce re-referrals in unsubstantiated child protective services (CPS) cases. Based on the findings of three Children's Bureau funded research grants on unsubstantiated CPS cases, it summarizes the studies' key findings regarding factors influencing CPS decision-making and implications for practice including suggestions for assessing risk more effectively and creative ways to provide services to at-risk families in unsubstantiated cases.
Rereporting and Recurrence of Child Maltreatment : Findings from NCANDS
Most children who are subjects of a report of maltreatment to the State or local child protective services (CPS) agency are involved just once with CPS during their lives. Other children are referred more than once and their referrals result in repeated investigations or assessments (rereporting). Some of these children are found to have been revictimized (recurrence). This paper focuses on rereporting and recurrence, and on gaining a better understanding of the circumstances surrounding these children with repeated involvement with CPS. Most previous studies of subvsequent reports alleging maltreatment of the same child or of revictimization have included only small ...
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