Child Protective Services-Investigated Maltreatment by Fathers: Distinguishing Characteristics and Disparate Outcomes
Sep 2019 | Julia Kobulsky & Rachel WildfeuerThe FRPN provided funding to two researchers from Temple University as part of an invited small grant. Their study, Child Protective Services-Investigated Maltreatment by Fathers: Distinguishing Characteristics and Disparate Outcomes, seeks to identify the distinguishing characteristics of maltreatment attributed to fathers in the child welfare system, and to determine whether father-perpetration is associated with disparate Child Protective Services (CPS) investigation outcomes.
The findings of this study and their implications for practice are available in the full report, downloadable at the link below. Click here to view an At-A-Glance version.
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