Bae Hwa-ok, Solomon Phyllis L, Gelles Richard J, White Tammy
Gyeongsang National University.
Child Welfare. 2010;89(3):33-55.
This study examined how child protective services (CPS) systems respond to initial and subsequent reports in the context of child maltreatment rereporting and to what extent CPS system factors are associated with the risk of rereporting after controlling for abuse type and child and family factors. This study followed 67,243 families who were reported to the CPS agencies in seven counties in Florida for child abuse and neglect over a period of 5.4 years and found that 14,218 families had one or more child maltreatment rereports. Key findings include that CPS system factors were significantly different from initial report to subsequent reports. Five CPS system factors, reporting source, contact by CPS workers, investigative level at intake, postinvestigation services, and duration ofCPS involvement were significantly associated with the risk of child maltreatment rereporting. Multivariate analyses found that CPS system factors were substantially different for three categories ofrereporting, unsubstantiated rereports, substantiated rereports, and recurrence reports. Interpretations and implications for practice are discussed.
本研究考察了儿童保护服务（CPS）系统在儿童虐待再报告背景下对初次报告和后续报告的反应，以及在控制虐待类型、儿童和家庭因素后，CPS系统因素在多大程度上与再报告风险相关。本研究跟踪了佛罗里达州七个县向CPS机构报告虐待和忽视儿童情况的67243个家庭，为期5.4年，发现14218个家庭有一次或多次儿童虐待再报告。主要发现包括，从初次报告到后续报告，CPS系统因素存在显著差异。五个CPS系统因素，报告来源、CPS工作者的接触、受理时的调查级别、调查后服务以及CPS介入时长，与儿童虐待再报告风险显著相关。多变量分析发现，对于三类再报告，即未经证实的再报告、已证实的再报告和复发报告，CPS系统因素存在实质性差异。文中还讨论了对实践的解读和启示。
