Citation

Jagannathan R, Camasso MJ. Child Abuse Negl. 1996; 20(7): 599-612.

Affiliation

Rutgers University School of Social Work, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1996, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

8832116

Abstract

This study examined the relationship between levels of risk and the patterns of service intervention in child protective services. A stratified, random sample of 239 cases from the New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services was examined using canonical correlation techniques. Risk was measured using the Washington Risk Assessment Matrix while case management and service strategies were recorded from case records. Principal results indicate that three distinctive risk profiles operate in the data: older children with behavior problems, children from disadvantaged households, and children with an unemployed parent. Each can be linked to a distinctive service intervention pattern. Implications of these results for workflow management and workload are discussed as well as the implications for future research in the areas of risk assessment and case management.

Language: en