RT Article
T1 The CPS Workers’ Child Removal Decision in Cases of Domestic and Witnessed Violence
JF Journal of interpersonal violence
VO 38
IS 9/10
SP 6819
OP 6842
A1 Milani, Luca
A2 Grumi, Serena
A2 Camisasca, Elena
A2 Miragoli, Sarah
A2 Cattani, Martina
A2 Di Blasio, Paola
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1841922579
AB This study aimed to explore maternal and paternal risks and protective factors that may influence the Child Protection Service (CPS) workers’ child removal decision in case of domestic and witnessed violence. In all, 218 case reports of Italian CPSs were retrospectively analyzed through the Protocol of Risk and Protective Factors. The sample was then split up into two groups on the basis of the CPS professionals’ placement decision after the investigation (child removal decision versus parents support and monitoring intervention). Two statistical approaches were used to identify the patterns of risk and protective factors associated with maternal and paternal assessments: logistic regression models and decision tree analysis. Results showed that mothers who are victims of Intimate Partner Violence experienced the child removal in about half of the cases, while fathers showed a higher removal rate. Differences emerged between mothers’ and fathers’ risk profiles, suggesting that workers attributed a different weight to some factors depending on whether they concerned the mother or the father. Only the proximal risk factor poor empathy skills was significant for both mothers and fathers. For the mothers’ group, one of the most important factors was the presence of direct forms of child maltreatment in addition to witnessed violence, while for fathers’ group the drug abuse emerged a crucial relevant proximal risk factor.
K1 removal decision
K1 child maltreatment
K1 witnessed violence
K1 Domestic Violence
K1 parenting assessment
DO 10.1177/08862605221137710