Coohey Carol
School of Social Work, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA.
J Child Sex Abus. 2006;15(4):61-81. doi: 10.1300/J070v15n04_04.
The purpose of this study was to determine how Child Protective Services (CPS) investigators decide to substantiate mothers for failure-to-protect from sexual abuse. A case-comparison study was used to compare 31 mothers who were and 62 mothers who were not substantiated for failure-to-protect by CPS. The multivariate analysis showed that mothers who did not consistently believe the sexual abuse occurred and who did not consistently act protectively were more likely to be substantiated. In addition, if they knew about the abuse from more than one source were less supportive of the children; and had a substance abuse problem, a mental health problem or were being battered, then they were more likely to be substantiated. Investigators appear to apply criteria consistently to substantiate mothers. doi:10.1300/J070v15n04_04.
本研究的目的是确定儿童保护服务（CPS）调查人员如何判定母亲未能保护孩子免受性虐待的指控成立。采用病例对照研究方法，对31名被CPS判定未能保护孩子免受性虐待指控成立的母亲和62名未被如此判定的母亲进行比较。多变量分析表明，那些不始终相信性虐待事件发生且未始终采取保护行动的母亲更有可能被判定指控成立。此外，如果她们从多个来源知晓虐待情况却较少支持孩子；存在药物滥用问题、心理健康问题或遭受殴打，那么她们更有可能被判定指控成立。调查人员似乎在判定母亲指控成立时始终如一地应用标准。doi:10.1300/J070v15n04_04
