Child maltreatment re-notifications in Germany: Analysis of local case files

Hwa-ok Bae and Heinz Kindler

Children and Youth Services Review, 2017, vol. 75, issue C, 42-49

Abstract: Studies on child maltreatment rereferral are rare outside the US and virtually absent in Germany. The present study replicates American studies, and investigates rates and risk factors of re-notifications using case files from the local child protection system in two German cities. The data included 397 notifications and re-notifications, and initial notifications were followed up to be matched with re-notifications, for up to 22months. Statistical analyses used Chi-square tests of group independence and logistic regression analyses. During the 22months, 10.3% of the total cases were re-notifications. Six factors were significantly associated with re-notifications at the bivariate level: age of the youngest child, mental health problems of caretakers, response time, case judgment of acute danger, placement, and in-home service provision. Three factors significantly predicted the odds of re-notification at the multivariate level: response time, case judgment of acute danger, and in-home service provision. It was concluded that the German child protection system responds differently to re-notifications compared to initial notifications, as hypothesized. Interpretations and implications for practice were discussed.

Keywords: Child maltreatment; German child protection system; Re-notifications; Rates; Risk factors (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2017.02.012

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