Fluke John D, Shusterman Gila R, Hollinshead Dana M, Yuan Ying-Ying T
Walter R. McDonald & Associates, Inc.
Child Maltreat. 2008 Feb;13(1):76-88. doi: 10.1177/1077559507311517.
Most child subjects of maltreatment reports to child protective services (CPS) are involved just once, whereas other children experience repeated investigations and victimizations. This study examines individual, maltreatment, and service-related factors associated with maltreatment rereporting and substantiated rereporting in a multistate context. Case-level National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System data (505,621 children) were analyzed. Within 24 months, 22% of children were rereported, and 7% were rereported with substantiation. Younger and White and mixed race children, those with disabilities, and those whose caregivers abused alcohol were more likely to be rereported and rereported and substantiated. Service provision, including foster care placement, was associated with increased likelihood of subsequent events. When CPS agency performance is assessed using measures of reentry, separate measures may be necessary for children who receive services, so that improvements in safety can be appropriately recognized. Reentry into CPS is a complex interaction of risks to children and systemic factors tied to the intervention they receive.
向儿童保护服务机构（CPS）报告虐待情况的大多数儿童受试者只涉及一次，而其他儿童则经历多次调查和受害情况。本研究在多州背景下考察了与虐待情况再次报告及经证实的再次报告相关的个体、虐待及服务相关因素。对国家虐待和忽视儿童数据系统的个案层面数据（505,621名儿童）进行了分析。在24个月内，22%的儿童被再次报告，7%的儿童被再次报告且情况得到证实。年龄较小的儿童、白人及混血儿童、残疾儿童以及其照顾者酗酒的儿童更有可能被再次报告，以及被再次报告且情况得到证实。包括寄养安置在内的服务提供与后续事件发生可能性增加有关。当使用再次进入系统的指标评估儿童保护服务机构的表现时，对于接受服务的儿童可能需要采用不同的指标，以便能够适当地认可安全方面的改善。再次进入儿童保护服务系统是儿童面临的风险与他们所接受干预相关的系统因素之间的复杂相互作用。
