Fourth National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect (NIS-4) : report to Congress / Andrea J. Sedlak [and six others].

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Sedlak, Andrea, author.

Contributor:

Fourth National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect (U.S.)

Westat, Inc.

Walter R. McDonald & Associates

United States. Administration for Children and Families. Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation, issuing body.

United States. Children's Bureau, issuing body.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Child abuse--United States--Statistics.

Child abuse.

Abused children--United States--Statistics.

Abused children.

United States.

Genre:

Government publications

Online resources.

Statistics

Statistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([455] pages) : illustrations (chiefly color)

Other Title:

4th National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect (NIS-4) : report to Congress

National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect (NIS-4) : report to Congress

NIS-4 : report to Congress

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation and the Children's Bureau, 2010.

Summary:

National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect was established by the U.S. Congress to provide estimates of the incidence and of child abuse and neglect in the United States every decade and monitor trends in prevalence. The first study was conducted in 1974. This report presents the findings of the 4th study, presenting data derived in 2010 from a nationally representative sample of 122 counties. It provides information on the number of children harmed by abuse and neglect, child characteristics, family characteristics, perpetrator characteristics, and child protection investigations.

Contents:

Executive summary

1. Introduction

2. Methodology

3. Incidence of child abuse and neglect

4. Distribution of abuse and neglect by child characteristics

5. Distribution of abuse and neglect by family characteristics

6. Perpetrator characteristics

7. Recognizing abused and neglected children

8. Investigating abused and neglected children

9. Conclusions and implications

References

Appendices.

Notes:

"Conducted by Westat, Inc., with the assistance of its subcontractor Walter R. McDonald and Associates, Inc. (WRMA), under contract number GS23F81144H, order no. HHSP233200400058U, requisition no. 04Y004193 from the Department of Health and Human Services"--Page 2 of cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

Online resource; title from title screen (viewed Feb 12, 2010).

Other Format:

Print version: Fourth National Incidence Study of Child Abuse and Neglect (NIS-4)

OCLC:

506264444