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Peer reviewedArds, Sheila – Evaluation Review, 1989
Three conceptual approaches to estimating local child abuse rates using the National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect data set are evaluated. All three approaches yield estimates of actual abuse cases that exceed the number of reported cases. (SLD)
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Data Analysis, Estimation (Mathematics), Geographic Distribution
Peer reviewedArds, Sheila; Chung, Chanjin; Myers, Samuel L., Jr. – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 1998
Data from the National Incidence Study (NIS) of Child Abuse and Neglect suggest no racial difference in child maltreatment, although there are more black children within the child welfare population. This study found selection bias in the NIS design caused by the exclusion of family, friends, and neighbors that resulted in differences in NIS cases…
Descriptors: Bias, Black Youth, Child Abuse, Child Welfare
Ards, Sheila; Harrell, Adele – Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 1993
Data from the National Study of the Incidence and Prevalence of Child Abuse and Neglect were analyzed concerning kinds of cases underreported, overreported, or not reported. The analysis examined age, family income, sex, race, urban or rural, and type of abuse from sexual abuse to educational neglect. (JDD)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Child Welfare
