ObjectiveChild neglect is often initially identified via adults who come into contact with children and report their suspicions to the authorities. Little is known about what behaviors laypersons view as constituting neglect and hence worth reporting. We examined laypersons' perceptions of neglect and poverty, particularly how these factors independently and jointly shaped laypersons' decisions about what warrants official reporting of neglect, and how laypersons' socioeconomic background related to their decisions.HypothesesWe anticipated that neglect would be correctly perceived as such, but that extreme poverty would also be perceived as neglect, with these latter perceptions being most pronounced among laypersons of higher socioeconomic...
The relationship between children's material circumstances and child abuse and neglect raises a seri...
Children experience poverty within the context of the households they live in.Methodologi...
This paper explores how social workers intervene with affluent parents when there are child protecti...
Graduation date: 2012This study examined the association between poverty and child neglect. The exis...
Many children come into contact with child protective services (CPS) each year, with the majority of...
This exploratory research examines perceptions of relations between poverty and client involvement i...
Recent child maltreatment research has highlighted the very different context of poverty for Black a...
Background: Child neglect remains a challenge for professionals and the general public to identify a...
The relationship between children's material circumstances and child abuse and neglect raises a seri...
Most child protective services (CPS) investigations involve allegations of neglect. Broad and vague ...
Recent child maltreatment research has highlighted the very different context of poverty for Black a...
Objectives: Concerns have been raised that child welfare systems may inappropriately target poor fam...
Child Neglect is a difficult and complex area of child welfare professional practice (Tanner & Turne...
Parental neglect is a major reason, in English-speaking countries, for the removal of children from ...
Recent child maltreatment research has highlighted the very different context of poverty for Black a...
The relationship between children's material circumstances and child abuse and neglect raises a seri...
Children experience poverty within the context of the households they live in.Methodologi...
This paper explores how social workers intervene with affluent parents when there are child protecti...
Graduation date: 2012This study examined the association between poverty and child neglect. The exis...
Many children come into contact with child protective services (CPS) each year, with the majority of...
This exploratory research examines perceptions of relations between poverty and client involvement i...
Recent child maltreatment research has highlighted the very different context of poverty for Black a...
Background: Child neglect remains a challenge for professionals and the general public to identify a...
The relationship between children's material circumstances and child abuse and neglect raises a seri...
Most child protective services (CPS) investigations involve allegations of neglect. Broad and vague ...
Recent child maltreatment research has highlighted the very different context of poverty for Black a...
Objectives: Concerns have been raised that child welfare systems may inappropriately target poor fam...
Child Neglect is a difficult and complex area of child welfare professional practice (Tanner & Turne...
Parental neglect is a major reason, in English-speaking countries, for the removal of children from ...
Recent child maltreatment research has highlighted the very different context of poverty for Black a...
The relationship between children's material circumstances and child abuse and neglect raises a seri...
Children experience poverty within the context of the households they live in.Methodologi...
This paper explores how social workers intervene with affluent parents when there are child protecti...