Do socio-structural factors influence the incidence and reporting of child neglect? An analysis of multi-sectoral national data from Switzerland

Portmann, Rahel; Mitrovic, Tanja; Gonthier, Hakim; Kosirnik, Céline; Knüsel, René; Jud, Andreas

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2022.106560

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“…Middel and her colleagues (2020) using the Hestia study child welfare case data from England, Germany, and Netherlands found that both the presence of mother perpetrators and immigrant status intersecting with a perpetrating father increased the likelihood of service provision in England, but not in the other two countries. Portmann et al (2022) used data from the Optimus study in Switzerland to analyze case (N = 4735) and organizational level (N = 222) predictors for child abuse reporting. The results did show associations between child neglect reporting rates and vacant housing rates, social welfare rates, and single-parent household rates.…”

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Service Provision by Child Protection Services — Exploring Variability at Case and Agency Levels in a Norwegian Sample

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Lauritzen

Fluke

et al. 2023

Int. Journal on Child Malt.

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In this study, we look at the decision to provide services following a child protection investigation in Norway. More specifically, we want to look at variability at the case level and at the agency level in order to identify factors that may impact a decision to provide services.The study was designed as a cross-sectional archive study that was carried out retrospectively. Included predictors for service provision were presence of abuse, and risk factors related to child, parental and family function. Agency predictors were referral rate and metropolitan location. Variation in service provision was sectioned into case level (N = 883) variation and agency level (N = 16) variation. Five nested multilevel models were estimated. Service provision for families following a child protection investigation was on average 38.4% in the sample. Among the 16 agencies, it varied between 21.9 and 60.0%. This variation is mostly explained by case variables. The strongest were physical abuse (OR = 1.37) and neglect (OR = 1.18). There is evidence for agency differences with respect to the types of cases being referred. Differences in agency thresholds for service provision when controlling for the referral reason seem to be quite small.

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Service Provision by Child Protection Services — Exploring Variability at Case and Agency Levels in a Norwegian Sample

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Lauritzen

Fluke

et al. 2023

Int. Journal on Child Malt.

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The Nature and Scope of Reported Child Maltreatment in Euro-CAN Countries: Current Evidence and Future Opportunities

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Neelakantan,

Rajter

et al. 2024

Int. Journal on Child Malt.

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Most European Cooperation on Science and Technology (COST) affiliated countries aim to advance the goal of protecting children from maltreatment. However, despite the increasing numbers of population-based surveys, the development of administrative data systems has lagged. In this study, we aimed to examine the current state of development of administrative data systems in a sample of countries represented in the COST Action 19106 network, Multi-Sectoral Responses to Child Abuse and Neglect in Europe: Incidence and Trends (Euro-CAN). A structured questionnaire was distributed to researchers and professionals within Euro-CAN-affiliated countries, which captured economic, legislative, systemic, and data infrastructure characteristics. Thematic trends for 13 sampled countries were presented descriptively. The implementation of legislative measures such as banning corporal punishment varied substantially, with some countries decades apart. Almost all sampled countries mandate reports of suspected child maltreatment for all or some professionals in contact with children. In most countries, public child protection, health, or law enforcement systems are decentralized, and unsubstantiated/inconclusive incidents of suspected child maltreatment are not systematically collected at the national level. Child maltreatment data is not routinely collected in health sectors in all sampled countries. Where data is collected in different sectors, such as police and child protection agencies, different descriptions are often used. Systematic data linkage remains a seldom occurrence with only a few countries offering this capability. The call for Euro-CAN countries to develop multi-sectoral data systems to capture recorded instances of child maltreatment remains relevant.

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Les expériences de maltraitance vécues par les mères durant leur enfance et le lien entre l’environnement dans lequel l’enfant grandit et la réponse à ses besoins

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Turgeon

Clément

et al. 2022

Revue de psychoéducation

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Do socio-structural factors influence the incidence and reporting of child neglect? An analysis of multi-sectoral national data from Switzerland

Cited by 3 publications

References 47 publications

Service Provision by Child Protection Services — Exploring Variability at Case and Agency Levels in a Norwegian Sample

Service Provision by Child Protection Services — Exploring Variability at Case and Agency Levels in a Norwegian Sample

The Nature and Scope of Reported Child Maltreatment in Euro-CAN Countries: Current Evidence and Future Opportunities

Les expériences de maltraitance vécues par les mères durant leur enfance et le lien entre l’environnement dans lequel l’enfant grandit et la réponse à ses besoins

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