Child protection and justice systems processing of serious child abuse and neglect cases

Sedlak, Andrea J.; Schultz, Dana; Wells, Susan; Lyons, Peter; Doueck, Howard J.; Gragg, Frances

doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2005.11.010

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“…Perhaps, caregiver characteristics such as age, income, relationship to the child, household 420 safety concern as well as severity of harm and history of maltreatment offer some additional insights into the relationship between child age and charging decisions. The fact that whether or not age is a significant predictor in the model is dependent on the other variables in the model may explain the somewhat inconsistent findings related to age and case prosecution in previous literature 425 ( Brewer et al, 1997;MacMurray, 1989;Sedlak et al, 1996).…”

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Police Charging Decisions in Child Maltreatment Investigations: Findings from the 2008 Ontario Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect

Baiden

Fallon

Dunnen

et al. 2016

Journal of Public Child Welfare

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The objective of this study is to use logistic regression to examine factors that influence charging decisions by the police during child 15other factors, police were 1.6 times more likely to lay charges in physical abuse cases and 2.5 times more likely to lay charges in sexual abuse cases. Other factors associated with police charging decisions include: older victim, cases with multiple types of maltreatment, cases opened for ongoing services, and cases of the 20 child is living in a house known to have drugs or household hazards. The article discusses the results and their implications for child welfare policy and practice.ARTICLE HISTORY

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“…In contrast, Brewer et al (1997) found that children age 13 to 18 year were significantly more likely than their counterparts age 7 to 12 75 years to have their cases prosecuted. MacMurray (1989) and Sedlak et al (1996) in their respective studies failed to observe any significant effect of age on the decision to prosecute a case.…”

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Police Charging Decisions in Child Maltreatment Investigations: Findings from the 2008 Ontario Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect

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Fallon

Dunnen

et al. 2016

Journal of Public Child Welfare

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“…reminiscence) but also inform practice, particularly in light of widespread professional concerns and admonitions about the possible negative effects of repeated interviewing on the accuracy of children's accounts (e.g. CornerHouse, Minneapolis, MN, 2008;Cross, Finkelhor, & Ormrod, 2005;Home Office, 1992, 2007Sedlak et al, 2006). Many researchers have established that recall questioning is more likely to elicit accurate information than recognition questioning (e.g.…”

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“…Bell, 2001;Cross, Finkelhor, & Ormrod, 2005;Heck, 1999;Jones, Cross, Walsh, & Simone, 2005;Lashley, 2005;Sedlak et al, 2006;Tjaden & Anhalt, 1994;Whitcomb, 1992), which have led the authors of best practice guidelines to counsel against repeated interviewing (e.g. CornerHouse, Minneapolis, MN, 2008;Home Office, 1992, 2007Law Commission, 1997;Scottish Executive, 2003, 2007.…”

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A Case Study of Witness Consistency and Memory Recovery Across Multiple Investigative Interviews

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Lamb

Rooy

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Applied Cognitive Psychology

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Access to audio recordings of five interviews (Interviews 2-6), and to the interviewer's contemporaneous notes during an initial unrecorded interview, made it possible to assess consistency across repeated attempts by a 9-year-old to describe her older sister's abduction from their shared bedroom. Information provided in each of the interviews was systematically analysed to determine whether each unit of information was new, consistent (repeated) or contradictory in relation to earlier reported information and whether any informative detail provided in the witness' initial interview was subsequently omitted. In addition, the witness' accounts were compared with details provided by the victim upon her rescue. This case analysis is particularly informative in light of widespread professional concerns about the effects of repeated interviewing on the quality and accuracy of children's accounts of experienced events.

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“…Recently, Sedlack et al 23 followed the justice system path and examined the trajectory of 225 child abuse cases investigated by Child Protective Services.…”

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Development of a surrogate bruising detection system to describe potential bruising patterns associated with common childhood falls.

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Child protection and justice systems processing of serious child abuse and neglect cases

Cited by 41 publications

References 14 publications

Police Charging Decisions in Child Maltreatment Investigations: Findings from the 2008 Ontario Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect

Police Charging Decisions in Child Maltreatment Investigations: Findings from the 2008 Ontario Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect

A Case Study of Witness Consistency and Memory Recovery Across Multiple Investigative Interviews

Development of a surrogate bruising detection system to describe potential bruising patterns associated with common childhood falls.

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