Objectives Children who have been maltreated are at increased risk of further maltreatment.
Identification of those at highest risk of further maltreatment is a priority for professionals …

Abstract Background In the United States (US), child welfare policy prioritizes prevention of
future harm (eg, repeat reports) after a report of maltreatment. The majority of reports include …

Maltreatment that begins during infancy is likely to be chronic in duration and
developmentally consequential if the appropriate intervention is not delivered. Repeated …

Objectives Child maltreatment (CM) causes injury in large numbers of US children. This
study uses a large, multi-state dataset of child protective services reports for infants and …

Background While maltreated children are at risk for recurrent maltreatment, less is known
about the maltreatment recurrence of American Indian children in foster and adoptive …

Background A body of emerging research has indicated that adverse family physical
environment is related to parenting problems such as parent-child conflict, decreased …

Maltreatment of children is a key predictor of a range of problematic health and
developmental outcomes. Not only are affected children at high risk for recurrence of …

This study identified trajectories of maltreatment re-reports between ages 4 and 12 for
children first referred to Child Protective Services (CPS) for maltreatment prior to age 4 and …

Many children with unsubstantiated reports of child abuse and neglect repeatedly return to
the child protection system, indicating that unsubstantiated reports may represent actual …

Objective Research on child protection recurrence has found consistent child, family, and
case characteristics associated with repeated involvement with the child protection system …