TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Predictors of maternal recidivism in the child protection system
JO  - Child maltreatment
A1  - Ahn, Eunhye
A1  - Prindle, John
A1  - Reddy, Julia
A1  - Putnam-Hornstein, Emily
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1077-5595
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/10775595221100715
ID  - ref1
ER  -