@article{ref1,
title="Child maltreatment re-notifications in Germany: analysis of local case files",
journal="Children and youth services review",
year="2017",
author="Bae, Hwa-ok and Kindler, Heinz",
volume="75",
number="",
pages="42-49",
abstract="Studies on child maltreatment rereferral are rare outside the US and virtually absent in Germany. The present study replicates American studies, and investigates rates and risk factors of re-notifications using case files from the local child protection system in two German cities. The data included 397 notifications and re-notifications, and initial notifications were followed up to be matched with re-notifications, for up to 22 months. Statistical analyses used Chi-square tests of group independence and logistic regression analyses. During the 22 months, 10.3% of the total cases were re-notifications. Six factors were significantly associated with re-notifications at the bivariate level: age of the youngest child, mental health problems of caretakers, response time, case judgment of acute danger, placement, and in-home service provision. Three factors significantly predicted the odds of re-notification at the multivariate level: response time, case judgment of acute danger, and in-home service provision. It was concluded that the German child protection system responds differently to re-notifications compared to initial notifications, as hypothesized. Interpretations and implications for practice were discussed.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0190-7409",
doi="10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.02.012",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.02.012"
}