@article{ref1,
title="Concordance between self-reported maltreatment and court records of abuse or neglect among high-risk youths",
journal="American journal of public health",
year="2006",
author="Swahn, Monica H. and Whitaker, Daniel J. and Pippen, Courtney B. and Leeb, Rebecca T. and Teplin, L. A. and Abram, K. M. and McClelland, Gary Michael",
volume="96",
number="10",
pages="1849-1853",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: We examined the concordance between measures of self-reported maltreatment and court records of abuse or neglect in a sample of detained youths. METHODS: Data were collected by the Northwestern Juvenile Project and include interviews from 1829 youths aged 10-18 years. Participants were newly detained youths in the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center in Illinois between 1995 and 1998. Self-reported cases of child maltreatment were compared with court records of abuse or neglect in the Cook County judicial system. RESULTS: We found that among detained youths, 16.6% of those who reported any maltreatment, 22.2% of those who reported the highest level of maltreatment, and 25.1% of those who reported that they required medical treatment as a result of maltreatment had a court record of abuse or neglect. Among those with any self-reported maltreatment, girls (vs boys) and African Americans (vs Whites) were more likely to have a court record (adjusted odds ratio [AOR]=2.18; 95% confidence interval [CI]=1.53, 3.09; and AOR=2.12; 95% CI=1.23, 3.63, respectively). CONCLUSIONS: Official records seriously underestimate the prevalence of maltreatment, which indicates that multiple data sources are needed to document the true prevalence of maltreatment.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0090-0036",
doi="10.2105/AJPH.2004.058230",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2004.058230"
}