TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1992//
TI  - What Happens After the Care and Protection Petition?: Reabuse in a Court Sample
JO  - Child abuse and neglect
A1  - Murphy, J. Michael
A1  - Bishop, Sandra J.
A1  - Jellinek, Michael S.
A1  - Quinn, Dorothy
A1  - Poitrast, Francis G.
SP  - 485
EP  - 493
VL  - 16
IS  - 4
N2  - Of 206 cases of serious child mistreatment brought before a metropolitan juvenile court on Care and Protection Petitions (C & P), 63 (31 %) were dismissed (returning the child to the parent[s]. During a 2-year follow-up period, 18 (29%) of these dismissed cases had substantiated reports of further mistreatment, and 10 (16%) subsequently returned to court on another C & P. Families that had previously been to court for a C & P, and those in which the parent was diagnosed psychotic or character disordered, were significantly more likely to return to court. In addition, we were surprised to find that 8 (6%) of the 130 children ordered permanently removed from parental custody also returned to court. This study documents the continuing mistreatment of children, even after the state's most serious interventions. The study also highlights the necessity of incorporating clinical research in the form of ongoing follow-up of individual cases into the court process, and suggests that it may be possible to identify cases with a very high probability of reinjury and return to court. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Child Abuse & Neglect, 1992. Copyright © 1992 by Elsevier Science)  Massachusetts Child Protection Social Services Intervention Justice System Intervention Child Abuse Intervention Child Abuse Victim Child Physical Abuse Intervention Child Physical Abuse Victim Child Victim Child Neglect Intervention Child Neglect Victim Domestic Violence Intervention Domestic Violence Victim Victim Revictimization Intervention Effectiveness 09-03<p />
LA  - en
SN  - 0145-2134
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -