TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1992//
TI  - Substantiation of reported child abuse or neglect: predictors and implications
JO  - Child abuse and neglect
A1  - Winefield, H. R.
A1  - Bradley, P. W.
SP  - 661
EP  - 671
VL  - 16
IS  - 5
N2  - Underreporting and overreporting of suspected child abuse and neglect cases reduce the efficiency of child protection services. We used all the reports in South Australia for 1988-1989 (N = 3,228) to study the determinants of the decision by child protection workers to register a reported incident as being one of child abuse and neglect. Logistic regression showed that registration (substantiation) was predictable from two variables: the age of the alleged victim and the caseworker's estimate of severity. This latter variable needs investigation, as despite its crucial role we have no information on how caseworkers form a judgment about severity.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0145-2134
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -