How child protective services investigators decide to substantiate mothers for failure-to-protect in sexual abuse cases

Carol Coohey

doi:10.1300/J070v15n04_04

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How child protective services investigators decide to substantiate mothers for failure-to-protect in sexual abuse cases

Journal article

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How child protective services investigators decide to substantiate mothers for failure-to-protect in sexual abuse cases

Carol Coohey

Journal of child sexual abuse, Vol.15(4), pp.61-81

2006

DOI: 10.1300/J070v15n04_04

PMID: 17200054

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Abstract

The purpose of this study was to determine how Child Protective Services (CPS) investigators decide to substantiate mothers for failure-to-protect from sexual abuse. A case-comparison study was used to compare 31 mothers who were and 62 mothers who were not substantiated for failure-to-protect by CPS. The multivariate analysis showed that mothers who did not consistently believe the sexual abuse occurred and who did not consistently act protectively were more likely to be substantiated. In addition, if they knew about the abuse from more than one source were less supportive of the children; and had a substance abuse problem, a mental health problem or were being battered, then they were more likely to be substantiated. Investigators appear to apply criteria consistently to substantiate mothers. doi:10.1300/J070v15n04_04.

Adult

Case-Control Studies

Child

Child Abuse, Sexual - legislation & jurisprudence

Child Abuse, Sexual - prevention & control

Child Abuse, Sexual - statistics & numerical data

Child Custody - legislation & jurisprudence

Child Custody - statistics & numerical data

Child Welfare - legislation & jurisprudence

Child Welfare - statistics & numerical data

Female

Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Humans

Male

Mental Health

Models, Psychological

Mother-Child Relations

Mothers - psychology

Multivariate Analysis

Risk Assessment - statistics & numerical data

Surveys and Questionnaires

United States

Details

Title: Subtitle: How child protective services investigators decide to substantiate mothers for failure-to-protect in sexual abuse cases
Creators: Carol Coohey - University of Iowa
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of child sexual abuse, Vol.15(4), pp.61-81
DOI: 10.1300/J070v15n04_04
PMID: 17200054
NLM abbreviation: J Child Sex Abus
ISSN: 1053-8712
eISSN: 1547-0679
Language: English
Date published: 2006
Academic Unit: School of Social Work; Injury Prevention Research Center
Record Identifier: 9984307255802771

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