This article considers selected drivers of decision variability in child welfare decision-making
and explores current debates in relation to these drivers. Covering the related influences of …

This article explores how the child protection system currently operates in England. It
analyses how policy and practice has developed, and articulates the need for an alternative …

Based on a Freedom of Information request with data from 75 per cent of all English
children's services departments covering over half a million children, this paper shows that …

Racial disparities in child welfare involvement between Black and White children have been
well-documented in the United States, but research in this area is relatively underexplored in …

Recent policy reforms have substantially changed state responses to child abuse in
Aotearoa New Zealand (ANZ). These reforms draw on two related discourses: vulnerability …

Abstract Background The Ontario Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect
(OIS) is the only source of province-wide statistics on families investigated by child welfare …

In Canada, the responsibility for protecting and supporting children at risk of abuse and
neglect falls under the jurisdiction of Provinces and Territories and Indigenous child welfare …

By 2014, the majority of US states had implemented differential response (DR), a system
policy that seeks to serve families of low-to moderate-risk for child maltreatment through …

Abstract The Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (CIS) is the
only source of nationally aggregated information on investigated child maltreatment in …

Background While family reunification following out-of-home placement is a goal of child
protection policy, complex family needs may not be met at the point that child protection …