Child sexual abuse is an important public health issue. Unfortunately, despite the vast implementation of prevention initiatives, sexual abuse is still considered a relatively common experience in the lives of youth. Results from a meta-analysis of 217 studies published between 1980 and 2008, includin...
In 1997, the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect (NCCAN) reported that in the United States 3 million cases were reported to Child Protective Services in 1995. Of these, more than 1 million children were identified as victims of abuse or neglect; 52% suffered neglect, 25% physical ...
Single parent families are at higher risk of re-report to Child Protective Services (CPS) than two-parent families. Yet, how single-family homes differ in risk from two-parent families remains under researched. To identify heterogenous patterns of child and caregiver factors among CPS-involved fam...
According to the National Committee for the Prevention of Child Abuse (NCPCA), 2.9 million children were reported to child protective services agencies as alleged victims of abuse or neglect in 1992 (NCPCA, 1993), almost twice the American Humane Association’s estimate of 1.5 million in 1983 ...
Many fathers in contested child custody cases are challenged with false allegations. False allegations of child abuse, false allegations of domestic violence, false reports to Child Protective Services (CPS), are unfortunately not uncommon issues in bitter child custody battles. Temporary restraining orde...
Over the past several decades, many child protective services (CPS) agencies have struggled with systemic challenges such as effectively responding to increasing reports of child maltreatment, engaging families in services, and limited resources to meet the complex needs of families (Shusterman et al....
Newborn Child protective services First Nations Indigenous Misclassification Introduction Canada and the US have among the highest rates of family separation through child protection services (CPS) in the world [1], with an inequitable impact on Indigenous and Black families [2], [3], [4], [5...
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It finally facilitates learning about the child protection services such as identification of child victims of violence, their rescue, interim residential care and protection, providing first-line support to the child, facilitating child’s disclosure of violence, initiating protective mechanisms for the ...
child protective services during the 48 months following completion of the intervention. In addition, scores for CM risk, child behavior problems, harsh and neglectful parenting behaviors, caregiver stress, and caregiver-child interactions will be assessed as secondary outcome measures and for ...