Publication year: 2011
Source: Children and Youth Services Review, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 17 April 2011
Vincent J., Palusci
Objectives: Child maltreatment (CM) causes injury in large numbers of U.S. children. This study uses a large, multi-state dataset of child protective services reports for infants and young children under five years of age to examine risk factors and the effects of services in confirmed maltreatment investigations and recurrence over five years. Methods: The Child Files of the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS) for 2003–2007 were used to study confirmed CM reports to child protective services (CPS) using regression models and survival analysis among a cohort of children first reported during 2003. Results: There were 1.2 million confirmed maltreatment reports to state…