Journal article
Defining and classifying supervisory neglect
Child maltreatment, Vol.8(2), pp.145-156
05/2003
DOI: 10.1177/1077559502250786
PMID: 12735717
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to develop and test a classification system for different types of supervision problems. Several prominent child maltreatment typologies were reviewed to determine the level of definitional agreement between systems; identify strengths and weaknesses within systems; and derive a consensual definition of child neglect, its major subcategories (physical, supervisory, and emotional), and 10 types of supervisory neglect. Six hundred two substantiated child abuse and neglect reports were used to test the systems interrater reliability. The interrater reliability was excellent for most types of problems. Not watching a child closely enough (29.8% of the reports) made up the largest single type of supervisory neglect, followed by leaving a child alone without a caretaker (24.5%) and leaving a child with an unsuitable caretaker (19.7%). The article concludes with a discussion on how and in what context the system can be used.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Defining and classifying supervisory neglect
- Creators
- Carol Coohey - University of Iowa
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Child maltreatment, Vol.8(2), pp.145-156
- DOI
- 10.1177/1077559502250786
- PMID
- 12735717
- NLM abbreviation
- Child Maltreat
- ISSN
- 1077-5595
- eISSN
- 1552-6119
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/2003
- Academic Unit
- School of Social Work; Injury Prevention Research Center
- Record Identifier
- 9984307158102771
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