Abstract
As we note a continued decline in US child maltreatment incidence rates1 with an overall incidence of 10.0/1000 equating to nearly 700 000 children, and an additional 300 000 children evaluated within child welfare's alternative response system in many states, it has become clear that measuring child maltreatment remains a vexing problem. Despite reported reductions in Child Protective Services (CPS)-reported physical and sexual abuse, child welfare caseloads continue to be a massive social burden, with over 2.6 million referrals to CPS, of which 1.2 million cases were investigated for child maltreatment.
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