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Area of Science:

  • Child Welfare Research
  • Sociology of the Family
  • Public Health

Background:

  • Existing research on Child Protective Services (CPS) involvement primarily examines at-risk youth as parents perpetrating maltreatment.
  • Family complexity necessitates a broader view of CPS involvement, including roles as non-offending parents of victims, to understand intergenerational maltreatment patterns.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the risk of parent or perpetrator CPS involvement (PP-CPS) by age 25.
  • To examine this risk among adolescents (ages 14-17) exposed to adversity: alleged victim in a CPS investigation, out-of-home care (OHC), or poverty.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a longitudinal administrative database (Wisconsin Data Core) of 36,475 individuals born in 1990-1991.
  • Tracked CPS, OHC, and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) involvement.
  • Employed logistic regression to model four forms of PP-CPS involvement.

Main Results:

  • Predicted risks of any PP-CPS involvement by age 25 varied: 10% (SNAP group), 17-22% (CPSV group), and 26-33% (OHC group).
  • For OHC youth with a biological child, PP-CPS risk exceeded 40%.
  • The proportion of CPS involvement as a parent-perpetrator differed significantly by sex and type of adversity.

Conclusions:

  • Solely focusing on intergenerational maltreatment where parents are perpetrators underestimates the recurrence risk across generations.
  • A comprehensive assessment of all CPS involvement forms is crucial for understanding and addressing intergenerational maltreatment cycles.