Citation

English DJ, Pecora PJ. Child Welf. 1994; 73(5): 451-473.

Affiliation

Office of Children's Administration Research, Washington State Department of Social and Health Services, Olympia.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1994, Child Welfare League of America)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

7924563

Abstract

This article offers an overview of the development of risk assessment and its purpose and goals, a summary of research on risk assessment to date, and suggestions regarding future research. This overview indicates that the use of risk assessment is a widespread phenomenon, with differing goals and purposes. Research on risk assessment confirms the lack of conceptual clarity and the difficulty of incorporating it into a child protective services system that emphasizes findings of abuse and/or neglect as the key to continuing involvement in the system.

Language: en