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Child maltreatment in family foster care
S J Zuravin1, M Benedict, M Somerfield
1University of Maryland, Baltimore.
The American Journal of Orthopsychiatry
|October 1, 1993
Abstract:
Predictors of maltreatment of children living in family foster care were sought in characteristics of foster homes. Four characteristics that presented increased risk were identified: homes that had younger foster mothers, homes in which children shared bedrooms with other family members, homes about which case-workers had reservations, and homes that were restricted for placement of certain children. Kinship-care homes were found to present decreased risk.