Racial/ethnic and socio-economic biases in child maltreatment severity assessment in Spanish child protection services caseworkers

Evidence from several countries has shown the over-representation of racial/ethnic minority groups in child protection services (CPS). The objective of the present study was to explore whether racial/ethnic and socio-economic biases influence Spanish CPS caseworkers' judgements of the sever...

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Authors: Arruabarrena, Ignacia, Paúl, Joaquín de, Indias, Sílvia, García Markina, Mikel
Format: article
Status:Versión aceptada para publicación
Publication Date:2016
Country:España
Institution:Universidad Pública de Navarra
Repository:Academica-e. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Pública de Navarra
OAI Identifier:oai:academica-e.unavarra.es:2454/56189
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2454/56189
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Child maltreatment severity assessment
CPS caseworkers&apos
judgements
Racial/ethnic biases
Socio-economic biases
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spelling Racial/ethnic and socio-economic biases in child maltreatment severity assessment in Spanish child protection services caseworkersArruabarrena, IgnaciaPaúl, Joaquín deIndias, SílviaGarcía Markina, MikelChild maltreatment severity assessmentCPS caseworkers&aposjudgementsRacial/ethnic biasesSocio-economic biasesEvidence from several countries has shown the over-representation of racial/ethnic minority groups in child protection services (CPS). The objective of the present study was to explore whether racial/ethnic and socio-economic biases influence Spanish CPS caseworkers' judgements of the severity of child maltreatment. Moreover, the study attempted to explore the influence on these judgements of the use of structured instruments and professional experience. Two case vignettes of child maltreatment were presented to 405 CPS caseworkers and 169 students of social work and psychology. Family ethnic origin and income were manipulated in the vignettes. The findings showed no statistical evidence of biases related to family ethnic origin or socio-economic status (SES) in Spanish CPS caseworkers' judgements of maltreatment severity. Biases related to family SES were found for students for the vignettes of physical abuse. CPS caseworkers and students who did not use a structured instrument to assess maltreatment severity tended to underestimate the severity for the vignettes of parental incapacity to control child/adolescent behaviour and to overestimate it for the vignettes of physical abuse. CPS caseworkers who used a structured instrument showed higher percentages of accuracy and inter-rater agreement, supporting the relevance of structured tools in reducing potential caseworkers' biases.WileyCiencias de la SaludOsasun Zientziak2016info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/2454/56189reponame:Academica-e. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad Pública de Navarrainstname:Universidad Pública de NavarraInglés© 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:academica-e.unavarra.es:2454/561892026-06-17T12:41:47Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Racial/ethnic and socio-economic biases in child maltreatment severity assessment in Spanish child protection services caseworkers
title Racial/ethnic and socio-economic biases in child maltreatment severity assessment in Spanish child protection services caseworkers
spellingShingle Racial/ethnic and socio-economic biases in child maltreatment severity assessment in Spanish child protection services caseworkers
Arruabarrena, Ignacia
Child maltreatment severity assessment
CPS caseworkers&apos
judgements
Racial/ethnic biases
Socio-economic biases
title_short Racial/ethnic and socio-economic biases in child maltreatment severity assessment in Spanish child protection services caseworkers
title_full Racial/ethnic and socio-economic biases in child maltreatment severity assessment in Spanish child protection services caseworkers
title_fullStr Racial/ethnic and socio-economic biases in child maltreatment severity assessment in Spanish child protection services caseworkers
title_full_unstemmed Racial/ethnic and socio-economic biases in child maltreatment severity assessment in Spanish child protection services caseworkers
title_sort Racial/ethnic and socio-economic biases in child maltreatment severity assessment in Spanish child protection services caseworkers
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Arruabarrena, Ignacia
Paúl, Joaquín de
Indias, Sílvia
García Markina, Mikel
author Arruabarrena, Ignacia
author_facet Arruabarrena, Ignacia
Paúl, Joaquín de
Indias, Sílvia
García Markina, Mikel
author_role author
author2 Paúl, Joaquín de
Indias, Sílvia
García Markina, Mikel
author2_role author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Ciencias de la Salud
Osasun Zientziak
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Child maltreatment severity assessment
CPS caseworkers&apos
judgements
Racial/ethnic biases
Socio-economic biases
topic Child maltreatment severity assessment
CPS caseworkers&apos
judgements
Racial/ethnic biases
Socio-economic biases
description Evidence from several countries has shown the over-representation of racial/ethnic minority groups in child protection services (CPS). The objective of the present study was to explore whether racial/ethnic and socio-economic biases influence Spanish CPS caseworkers' judgements of the severity of child maltreatment. Moreover, the study attempted to explore the influence on these judgements of the use of structured instruments and professional experience. Two case vignettes of child maltreatment were presented to 405 CPS caseworkers and 169 students of social work and psychology. Family ethnic origin and income were manipulated in the vignettes. The findings showed no statistical evidence of biases related to family ethnic origin or socio-economic status (SES) in Spanish CPS caseworkers' judgements of maltreatment severity. Biases related to family SES were found for students for the vignettes of physical abuse. CPS caseworkers and students who did not use a structured instrument to assess maltreatment severity tended to underestimate the severity for the vignettes of parental incapacity to control child/adolescent behaviour and to overestimate it for the vignettes of physical abuse. CPS caseworkers who used a structured instrument showed higher percentages of accuracy and inter-rater agreement, supporting the relevance of structured tools in reducing potential caseworkers' biases.
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