recurrence among unsubstantiated cases -Reply -Reply

["Dan Pilowsky" <Pilowsky@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Interesting stuff!!! It would be useful if you let the whole list know when
the publication comes out.  It sounds like the decision process is not
great. That's not big news. The question is Do you have any findings
that would help improve the decision making process?

Dan Pilowsky
pilowsky@kennedykrieger. org

>>> "David Marshall" <MDAV300@xxxxxxxxxxx> 01/25/99 07:13pm >>>
We have completed a study of CPS decision making that includes the
substantiation decision.  We also have a paper on substantiation
currently under revision (accepted pending revision by Child and Youth
Services). One punchline is that we see no significant difference in the
rate of re-referral to CPS between founded and unfounded cases (N >
12,000) and a slightly higher re-referral rate (P = 0.045) for inconclusive
cases.  Unfounded referrals also re-refer as unfounded, founded, and
inconclusive referrals in proportions nearly identical to the proportions in
the initial referrals. We are also presently in the midst of a major research
project on the characteristics of unsubstantiated referrals involving
administrative data analysis and interviews with CPS caseworkers and
client families.  Let us know what you want and we'll be glad to send it.

David B. Marshall, Ph.D.
Office of Children's Administration Research
DSHS/OCAR
P.O. Box 45701
Olympia, WA  98504-5701
(360) 902-8052
FAX (360) 902-7903


>>> Tamara slamtam Fuller <tfuller@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 01/21/99 10:00am
>>>
Does anyone know where I can find research on recurrence rates
among
unsubstantiated maltreatment cases?  

Thanks in advance for any information.

Tamara Fuller
Children and Family Research Center
School of Social Work
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign