Detecting and Reporting Child Abuse: A Function of the Human Service Delivery System

• NCJ Number: 125180
• Journal: Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare Volume: 17 Issue: 2 Dated: (June 1990) Pages: 143-157
• Author(s): G E Fryer Jr
• Date Published: 1990
• Length: 14 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This paper reports the results of a regression analysis performed on 48,499 reports of known or suspected child abuse submitted from 1974 through 1983 to the Colorado Department of Social Services Central Child Abuse Registry.

Abstract

Enrollment in human service programs, combined with events which precipitate enrollee use of services, and the presence of human service professionals and institutions are strongly related to the number of abuse cases reported. 4 tables, 16 references. (Publisher abstract)