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Direct linkSabol, William; Coulton, Claudia; Polousky, Engel – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2004
Objective: The purpose of this article is to: (1) illustrate the application of life table methodology to child abuse and neglect report data and (2) demonstrate the use of indicators derived from the life tables for monitoring the risk of child maltreatment within a community. Method: Computerized records of child maltreatment reports from a…
Descriptors: Risk, Probability, Community Study, Child Abuse
Download full textCoulton, Claudia; And Others – 1994
Variation in rates of officially reported child maltreatment in urban neighborhoods is related to structural determinants of community social organization: economic and family resources, residential instability, household and age structure and geographic proximity of neighborhoods to concentrated poverty. Furthermore, child maltreatment rates are…
Descriptors: At Risk Persons, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Community Influence
