Craft J L, Clarkson C D
Child Abuse Negl. 1985;9(2):165-74. doi: 10.1016/0145-2134(85)90008-0.
This study is concerned with decision making in child abuse investigations. The study used an experimental design to investigate the effects of four case factors that influence child protective service workers' and attorneys' dispositions choices in alleged cases of physical child abuse. The factors were: the physical injury, mild or serious; previous report of child abuse, yes or no; parental reaction, positive or negative; and parental admission of involvement with injury, admit or deny. The main findings were: Attorneys had a tendency to recommend court intervention, while protective workers had a tendency not to recommend court action; and all four case factors had a significant effect on the disposition choices for both professional groups, although injury and previous report accounted for a larger proportion of the variance.
本研究关注虐待儿童调查中的决策制定。该研究采用实验设计，调查了四个案例因素对儿童保护服务工作者和律师在涉嫌身体虐待儿童案件中的处置选择的影响。这些因素包括：身体伤害，轻微或严重；是否有过虐待儿童的报告，是或否；父母的反应，积极或消极；以及父母是否承认与伤害有关，承认或否认。主要研究结果如下：律师倾向于建议进行法庭干预，而保护工作者则倾向于不建议采取法庭行动；所有四个案例因素对两个专业群体的处置选择都有显著影响，尽管伤害和既往报告在方差中占比更大。
