| Titre : | Concordance between self-reported maltreatment and court records of abuse or neglect among high-risk youths. (2006) |
| Auteurs : | Monica-H SWAHN ; Karen-M Abram ; Rebecca-T LEEB ; Gary-M MCCLELLAND ; Courtney-B PIPPEN ; Linda-A TEPLIN ; Daniel-J WHITAKER ; Pyscho-Northwestern University. Department of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences. Feinberg School of Medicine. Legal Studies Program. Chicago. IL. USA |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | American journal of public health (vol. 96, n° 10, 2006) |
| Pagination : | 1849-1853 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés : | Autoévaluation ; Justice ; Facteur risque ; Adolescent ; Homme ; Evaluation ; Maltraitance |
| Résumé : | [BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS 3ER0xlUy. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives. We examined the concordance between measures of self-reported maltreatment and court records of abuse or neglect in a sample of detained youths. Methods. Data were collected by the Northwestern Juvenile Project and include interviews from 1829 youths aged 10-18 years. Participants were newly detained youths in the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center in Illinois between 1995 and 1998. Self-reported cases of child maltreatment were compared with court records of abuse or neglect in the Cook County judicial system. Results. We found that among detained youths, 16.6% of those who reported any maltreatment, 22.2% of those who reported the highest level of maltreatment, and 25.1% of those who reported that they required medical treatment as a result of maltreatment had a court record of abuse or neglect. Among those with any self-reported maltreatment, girls (vs boys) and African Americans (vs Whites) were more likely to have a court record (adjusted odds ratio [AOR]=2.18 ; 95% confidence interval [CI]=1.53,3.09 ; and AOR=2.12 ; 95% CI=1.23,3.63, respectively). Conclusions. Official records seriously underestimate the prevalence of maltreatment, which indicates that multiple data sources are needed to document the true prevalence of maltreatment. |
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