Repeat Maltreatment in Alaska: Assessment and Exploration of Alternative Measures
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2015
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INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE
Abstract
This report challenges the prevalent definition of repeat maltreatment, assessing it more broadly in
Alaska, to provide additional information for policymakers and other Alaskans working to better
protect children. We look at repeat maltreatment among Alaska children over the period from 2005
through 2013, examining how the rate of repeat maltreatment differs, when it’s based only on
substantiated abuse and when it’s based on all investigated reports, including those not
substantiated. In addition we assessed the workload burden on OCS intake and investigating units,
as well as chronic maltreatment.
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We used case-level data from the National Child Abuse and Neglect Data System (NCANDS), a
federally-sponsored national data archive to which Alaska and other state report data on investigated
and substantiated maltreatment. Data are available only for 2005 through 2013. Since we don’t know
the number of investigations or substantiations involving children born prior to 2005, we included
only those born in or after 2005 and for whom complete data were available.
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statistics, repeated maltreatment, chronic maltreatment, Alaska
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Vadapalli, D., & Passini, J. (2015). Repeat Maltreatment in Alaska: Assessment and Exploration of Alternative Measures. Anchorage, AK: INSTITUTE OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA ANCHORAGE.