A survival analysis of the revictimization of children: The case of Colorado

• Published in: Child abuse & neglect Vol. 18; no. 12; pp. 1063 - 1071
• Main Authors: Fryer, George E., Miyoshi, Thomas J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier Ltd 01.12.1994; New York, NY Elsevier Science; Pergamon Press; Elsevier Science Ltd
• Subjects: Abused children; Adolescent; Age Differences; Age Distribution; At Risk Persons; Biological and medical sciences; Child; Child Abuse; Child abuse & neglect; Child Abuse - statistics & numerical data; Child Neglect; Child Welfare Services; Child, Preschool; Colorado; Colorado - epidemiology; Family Violence; Female; Followup Studies; Humans; Incidence; Infant; Life Tables; Male; Medical sciences; Population Surveillance; Predictor Variables; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Recidivism; Recurrence; Registries; Revictimization; Risk; Risk Factors; Sex Differences; Sex Distribution; Social research; Time Factors; Victimization; Victimology; Victims of Crime; Colorado; United States; North America; America; United States > US; Risk; Recidivism; Incidence; Human; Child abuse; Follow up study; Risk factor; Victimology; Child; Epidemiology; Long term
• ISSN: 0145-2134; 1873-7757
• DOI: 10.1016/0145-2134(94)90132-5

This paper reports the results of a survival analysis of patterns of revictimization of children with records of confirmed cases of maltreatment in Colorado during the 4-year period 1986–1989. The study examined the cases of 24,507 children in that state's Child Abuse and Neglect Registry for evidence of their revictimization. Hazard rates for repeat offenses were highest immediately after the initial incident of abuse or neglect. Risk of revictimization was greater for younger children and for females, but those relationships were strongly mediated by the form of maltreatment. The rate of revictimization of physically neglected children exceeded that for other major types of maltreatment. Although abused and neglected children were most at risk immediately after their incident of abuse or neglect, they remained at greater risk of mistreatment for years thereafter. The French language abstract is not available at time of publication. This abstract will appear in a future issue of Child Abuse & Neglect. Este trabajo presenta los resultados de un análisis de supervivencia de los patrones de revictimización de niños(as) con records de casos confirmados de maltrato en Colorado durante el periodo de 4 años (1986–1989), El estudio examinó los casos de 24, 507 niños(as) en el Registro de Abuso y Negligencia contra los Niõs del estado para encontrar evidencia de su revictimización. Las tasas de peligro de repetición de las ofensas era mayor immediatamonte después del incidente inicial de abuso o negligencia. El riesgo de revictimización fue mayor para los niños y niñas y para loas hembras, pero esas relaciones fueron fuertemente mediatizadas por las formas del maltrato. La tasa de revictimización de niños víctimas de negligencia fisica superó las de los otros tipos principales de maltrato. A pesar de que los niño(as) estuvieron más en riesgo immediatamente después del incidente de abuso o negligencia, permanecieron en mayor riesgo de maltrato en los años venideros.