Citation

Jud A, Fegert JM, Finkelhor D. Child Adolesc. Psychiatry Ment. Health 2016; 10: 17.

Affiliation

Crimes Against Children Research Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group - BMC)

DOI

10.1186/s13034-016-0105-8

PMID

27303442

Abstract

Research on child maltreatment epidemiology has primarily been focused on population surveys with adult respondents. Far less attention has been paid to analyzing reported incidents of alleged child maltreatment and corresponding agency responses. This type of research is however indispensable to know how well a child protection system works and if the most vulnerable are identified and served. Notable findings of child maltreatment epidemiological research are summarized and directions for future studies discussed.

Language: en