Benedict M I, Zuravin S, Brandt D, Abbey H
Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Department of Maternal and Child Health, Baltimore, MD 21205.
Child Abuse Negl. 1994 Jul;18(7):577-85. doi: 10.1016/0145-2134(94)90084-1.
Types and frequency of child abuse and neglect reports in family foster care in Baltimore, Maryland as compared to reports among nonfoster families are reported. Data on maltreatment incidents in foster homes were abstracted from Child Protective Services investigation records for the years 1984-1988. Comparisons were made to community reports. Results indicated that foster families had over a three-fold increased frequency of maltreatment reports as compared to nonfoster families. Report frequency was highest for physical abuse with a seven-fold risk of report as compared to nonfoster families. Overall, 20% of foster care reports were substantiated as compared to 35% of nonfoster reports, although the risk of having a substantiated report was significantly higher in foster care. The distribution of report types in foster care differed from those in the community with physical abuse the most frequent allegation in foster care, as compared to neglect as the most frequent allegation in the community. Explanations for these findings including differences in criteria for report and substantiation are advanced.
报告了马里兰州巴尔的摩市家庭寄养中虐待和忽视儿童报告的类型及频率，并与非寄养家庭中的报告进行了比较。寄养家庭中虐待事件的数据摘自1984年至1988年儿童保护服务调查记录。与社区报告进行了对比。结果表明，与非寄养家庭相比，寄养家庭中虐待报告的频率增加了三倍多。身体虐待的报告频率最高，与非寄养家庭相比，报告风险高出七倍。总体而言，20%的寄养照料报告得到证实，而非寄养报告的这一比例为35%，尽管寄养照料中报告得到证实的风险明显更高。寄养照料中报告类型的分布与社区不同，身体虐待是寄养照料中最常见的指控，而在社区中忽视是最常见的指控。针对这些发现提出了解释，包括报告和证实标准的差异。
