Citation

Coohey C. Child Maltreat. 2003; 8(2): 145-156.

Affiliation

School of Social Work, University of Iowa, Iowa City 52242, USA. carol-coohey@uiowa.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2003, American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children, Publisher SAGE Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

12735717

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to develop and test a classification system for different types of supervision problems. Several prominent child maltreatment typologies were reviewed to determine the level of definitional agreement between systems; identify strengths and weaknesses within systems; and derive a consensual definition of child neglect, its major subcategories (physical, supervisory, and emotional), and 10 types of supervisory neglect. Six hundred two substantiated child abuse and neglect reports were used to test the systems interrater reliability. The interrater reliability was excellent for most types of problems. Not watching a child closely enough (29.8% of the reports) made up the largest single type of supervisory neglect, followed by leaving a child alone without a caretaker (24.5%) and leaving a child with an unsuitable caretaker (19.7%). The article concludes with a discussion on how and in what context the system can be used.

Language: en