@article{ref1,
title="Predictors of maternal recidivism in the child protection system",
journal="Child maltreatment",
year="2022",
author="Ahn, Eunhye and Prindle, John and Reddy, Julia and Putnam-Hornstein, Emily",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Child maltreatment recidivism is typically measured and studied at the individual level. Conditions that give rise to child abuse and neglect, however, typically affect multiple children in a given family. In the current study, we estimated maltreatment recidivism at the maternal level and examined its risk as a function of maternal sociodemographic characteristics that may change over time. Using linked administrative records, we identified a subset of first-time mothers in California whose first child was reported to the child protection system (CPS) between birth and age 5 and who then gave birth to another child (n = 14,715). Following the firstborn child's CPS reporting, nearly half of these mothers (43.3%) were re-reported concerning the non-firstborn children during the first 5 years of the child's life. Risk factors consistently documented across births were associated with a heightened risk of maternal CPS recidivism. Our study advances an understanding of the full extent of maltreatment recidivism by broadening the focus from individual children.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1077-5595",
doi="10.1177/10775595221100715",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10775595221100715"
}