children who had similar demographic characteristics, maltreatment histories, and prior levels of school engagement. Children …

Research related to child welfare often suggests complicated relationships between child maltreatment, social …

maltreatment, and perception of abusive behaviors on the propensity. Findings suggest that propensity to perpetrate abusive … behaviors cuts across all types of maltreatment (i.e., physical, sexual, and emotional abuse, child neglect, and child labor …

Out-of-home placement may not always protect children against violence or maltreatment. We investigated the prevalence … well protected against violence or maltreatment. … physical abuse in the general population, using findings from the Netherlands' Prevalence study of Maltreatment of children and …

substantial amount of resources, time, energy and emotional fortitude to deal with competing allegations of child maltreatment …

Awareness of cases of fatal child maltreatment has risen significantly in recent years suggesting the presence of a … this study was to identify differences between high risk child maltreatment and fatal risk cases and associated child … protective service factors. For this study, 50 cases of fatal and near fatal child maltreatment were compared to a random sample …

identification of, and intervention with, children at risk of maltreatment and poor outcomes. While agreeing that neuroscientific … research into the risks of maltreatment is a very valuable and exciting area of study, this article challenges the confidence … maltreatment. In addition, it is argued that this type of evidence, which is new in policy debates, is often being used in ways …