Domestic Violence Protocols in Child Protective Services Decision Making

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol Coohey ◽  
Sonya Bratcher-Northern
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Child Protective Services ◽  
Protective Services

Child Protective Services Guidelines for Substantiating Exposure to Domestic Violence as Maltreatment and Assigning Caregiver Responsibility: Policy Analysis and Recommendations

2021 ◽  
pp. 107755952110026
Author(s):  
Bryan G. Victor ◽  
Ashley N. Rousson ◽  
Colleen Henry ◽  
Haresh B. Dalvi ◽  
E. Susana Mariscal
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Child Welfare ◽  
Child Protective Services ◽  
Adult Survivors ◽  
The United States ◽  
Protective Services ◽  
Child Exposure ◽  
Exposure To Domestic Violence ◽  
Welfare Systems ◽  
Child Welfare Systems

The purpose of this study was to examine the range of policy approaches used by child welfare systems in the United States to guide workers in classifying and substantiating child exposure to domestic violence (CEDV) as an actionable form of maltreatment. To that end, we conducted a qualitative document analysis of child protective services (CPS) policy manuals from all state-administered child welfare systems in the U.S. ( N = 41). Our findings indicate that a majority of state-administered systems (71%) have adopted policy requiring workers to demonstrate that children have endured harm or the threat of harm before substantiating CEDV-related maltreatment. Many state systems (51%) also include policy directives that require workers to identify a primary aggressor during CPS investigations involving CEDV, while far fewer (37%) provide language that potentially exonerates survivors of domestic violence from being held accountable for failure to protect on the basis of their own victimization. Based on our findings and identification of policy exemplars, we offer a recommended set of quality policy indicators for states to consider in the formulation of their policy guidelines for substantiating children’s exposure to domestic violence that promotes the safety and wellbeing of both children and adult survivors of domestic violence.

Decision Making in Child Protective Services: A Risky Business?

Risk Analysis ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 33 (9) ◽  
pp. 1636-1649 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Camasso ◽  
Radha Jagannathan
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Child Protective Services ◽  
Protective Services ◽  
Risky Business

scholarly journals Child protective services decision-making: The role of children’s race and county factors.

2020 ◽  
Vol 90 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kathryn Maguire-Jack ◽  
Sarah A. Font ◽  
Rebecca Dillard
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Child Protective Services ◽  
Protective Services

scholarly journals Implementation Of Legal Protection Of Children As Victims Of Domestic Psychic Violence

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 397
Author(s):  
Dwi Kurniawan
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Emotional Abuse ◽  
Child Protective Services ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Child Victims ◽  
Psychological Violence ◽  
Domestic Sphere ◽  
Protective Services ◽  
Legal Norms

This research is focused on the normative legal norms and also the object of the law as the main data, they get out of control and a book of rules, which should be fine correctness of the research that has been done. The author conducted research in the area of Semarang Polrestabes. The results of this study are: (1) Implementation of the legal protection of children as victims of domestic violence can be done in two ways, namely the vicissitudes of non-penal and penal. Non-penal efforts undertaken by preemptive and preventive, while the penal effort is an attempt by the police as repressive as psychological violence in the domestic sphere occurred and reported to the police; (2) Constraints faced by the police in the implementation of the legal protection of children as victims of psychological violence in the household, namely: (a) Difficulty in finding strong evidence of child victims of psychological violence, in this case the question is about how to form psychological violence. (B) The difficulty to distinguish children who suffered emotional abuse committed by family members in a household setting. A child who is exposed to violence usually have a psychological fear to reveal their problems as a result of the perpetrator's actions. (C) The number of child victims of psychological violence for people who shut themselves in their environment and also included the police or Child Protective Services. (D) delay in reporting of family members in the household,Keywords: Legal Protection, Child, Domestic Violence.

Profiles of Child-Welfare-Involved Caregivers Identified by Caseworkers as Having a Domestic Violence Problem: Then and Now

2016 ◽  
Vol 33 (18) ◽  
pp. 2802-2825 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ijeoma Nwabuzor Ogbonnaya ◽  
Patricia L. Kohl
Keyword(s):  
Domestic Violence ◽  
Child Protective Services ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Significant Decline ◽  
Assessment Tools ◽  
Protective Services ◽  
The Past ◽  
Service Experiences ◽  
To Receive

Over the past 10 years, there has been a significant decline in the rate of domestic violence (DV) experienced among caregivers involved with the child protective services (CPS) system. It is unclear whether this shift is related to changes in caregiver characteristics. Furthermore, despite evidence that suggests CPS caseworkers poorly identify DV and fail to link families to DV services, limited research exists on whether the current CPS interventions that are known to improve caseworkers’ DV identification will also improve chances for DV service receipt. The present study uses data from the first and second cohorts of the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being (NSCAW) to compare differences in demographic characteristics and DV experiences between caregivers in NSCAW I (1999-2000; n = 2,758) and NSCAW II (2008-2009; n = 2,207). We also examine the effects of CPS interventions on NSCAW II caregivers’ receipt of DV services external to the CPS agency (i.e., external DV services). Caregivers with caseworker reports of active DV in NSCAW I and II were similar in their demographic characteristics and external DV service experiences. However, caregivers in NSCAW II generally reported lower rates of victimization for specific types of violence than NSCAW I caregivers. Finally, caregivers with active DV involved with an agency that used DV assessment tools were 7.03 times more likely to receive external DV services than those in agencies without DV tools (95% confidence interval [CI] = [2.33, 21.22]). Whereas caregivers in agencies that sometimes (odds ratio [OR] = 0.16, 95% CI = [0.03, 0.99]) or always (OR = 0.15, 95% CI = [0.02, 0.98]) had a DV specialist available were less likely to receive external DV services than those in an agency that never/rarely had a DV specialist available. We recommend CPS agencies use specialized assessment tools to identify DV-affected families and link them to services. Additional research is needed to understand what types of services DV specialists offer within CPS agencies and whether these services meet caregivers’ needs.

Ethics and the Care of Critically Ill Infants and Children

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1996 ◽  
Vol 98 (1) ◽  
pp. 149-152 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keyword(s):  
Public Policy ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Life Support ◽  
Child Protective Services ◽  
Severe Disabilities ◽  
Parental Authority ◽  
Protective Services ◽  
American Academy Of Pediatrics ◽  
Individualized Decision ◽  
Time Resource

The ability to provide life support to ill children who, not long ago, would have died despite medicine's best efforts challenges pediatricians and families to address profound moral questions. Our society has been divided about extending the life of some patients, especially newborns and older infants with severe disabilities. The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) supports individualized decision making about life-sustaining medical treatment for all children, regardless of age. These decisions should be jointly made by physicians and parents, unless good reasons require invoking established child protective services to contravene parental authority. At this time, resource allocation (rationing) decisions about which children should receive intensive care resources should be made clear and explicit in public policy, rather than be made at the bedside.

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