Bar Ilan University, Israel.
Am J Orthopsychiatry. 2013 Jan;83(1):29-36. doi: 10.1111/ajop.12009.
The authors examined the relationship between community characteristics and child maltreatment reports in Israel, comparing Jewish and Arab localities both in terms of maltreatment reports and the responses of the social services to these reports. Administrative data were obtained from the protective services and the Central Bureau of Statistics for 231 local authorities in Israel (covering 98% of children in Israel). Jewish communities showed significantly more reports of sexual abuse and physical abuse than Arab communities. Reporting rates also showed different associations with socioeconomic and demographic variables. In Jewish localities, demographic, economic, and educational factors were all correlated with the reporting of child maltreatment, whereas in Arab localities, only median age (young) of the local population was associated with a greater rate of child maltreatment reporting. No differences in the responses of the protective services were found. Implications of the results for future policy are discussed.
作者研究了社区特征与以色列儿童虐待报告之间的关系，比较了犹太人和阿拉伯人聚居区在虐待报告方面以及社会服务部门对这些报告的反应方面的情况。从保护服务部门和中央统计局获得了以色列 231 个地方当局的行政数据（涵盖了以色列 98%的儿童）。犹太社区报告的性虐待和身体虐待案件明显多于阿拉伯社区。报告率也显示出与社会经济和人口统计学变量不同的关联。在犹太社区，人口统计学、经济和教育因素都与虐待儿童报告有关，而在阿拉伯社区，只有当地人口的中位数年龄（年轻）与更高的虐待儿童报告率有关。在保护服务部门的反应方面没有发现差异。讨论了结果对未来政策的影响。
