Title: 
Headings: 

 
 
Bulletin
 
for
professionAls
 

Risk
 
 
and
 
Protective


Risk
 
for
 
Child

Abuse
 
 
and
 
Neglect

Administration
 
for
 
Children
 
and
 
Families
Administration
 
on
 
Children,
 
Youth
 
and
 
Families
Children’s
 
Bureau
 

Common
 
protective
 
factors
 
for
 
Child
 
Abuse
 
and
 
neglect*
 

Child
 
protective
 
factors
 

social/environmental
 
risk
 
factors
 

parental/family
 
protective
 
factors
 

social/environmental
 	
protective
 
factors
 

references
 



Content: Bulletin
 
for
professionAls
 
February
 
2004
 
Risk
 
 
and
 
Protective
What’s
 
inside: Factors

Risk
 
for
 
Child
factors
 
•
Protective
factors
 
•
Common
risk
 
factors
 
for
 
child
 
abuse
 
Abuse
 
 
and
 
Neglect
and
 
neglect
 

Common
protective
 
factors
 
for
 
child
 
abuse
 
and
 
neglect
 
This
 
bulletin
 
is
 
an
 
excerpt
 
from
 
Emerging
 

Practices
 
in
 
the
 
Prevention
 
of
 
Child
 
Abuse
 

and
 
Neglect
 
(2003),
 
U.S.
 
Department
 
of
 

Health
 
and
 
Human
 
Services,
 
Administration
 

for
 
Children
 
and
 
Families,
 
Administration
 

on
 
Children,
 
Youth
 
and
 
Families,
 
Children’s
 

Bureau,
 
Office
 
on
 
Child
 
Abuse
 
and
 
Neglect. The
 
findings
 
and
 
conclusions
 
presented
 
in
 

this
 
bulletin
 
do
 
not
 
necessarily
 
represent
 
the
 

official
 
positions
 
or
 
policies
 
of
 
the
 
Children’s
 

Bureau’s
 
Office
 
on
 
Child
 
Abuse
 
and
 
Neglect. U.S.
 
Department
 
of
 
Health
 
and
 
Human
 
 
Services
 
Administration
 
for
 
Children
 
and
 
Families
Administration
 
on
 
Children,
 
Youth
 
and
 
Families
Children’s
 
Bureau
 
Child
 
Welfare
 
Information
 
Gateway
 
Children’s
 
Bureau/ACYF
 
1250
 
Maryland
venue,
 
A
 
SW
 
Eighth
 
Floor
 
Washington,
 
DC
 
20024
 
703.385.7565
 
or
 
800.394.3366
 
Email: nfo@childwelfare.gov
i
www.childwelfare.gov
 
found
that
 
childhood
 
sexual
 
 
abuse
 
increased
 
risk
 
factors
 
the
 
risk
 
of
 
perpetrating
  
 
physical
 
abuse
 
on
-
 
chil
dren
 
as
 
adults. Domestic
 
violence
 
and
 
lack
 
of
 
pa
renting
 
or
 
communication
 
skills
 
also
 
increase
 
While
  
 
there
 
are
 
varying
 
schools
   
 
of
 
thought
 
the
  
 
risks
 
of
 
maltreatment
 
to
 
children. on
 
the
 
origins
 
of
 
maltreatment,
 
most
 
theories
 
of
  
 
child
 
maltreatment
 
recognize
 
that
 
the
 
root
 
Factors
 
related
 
to
 
the
 
community
 
and
 
the
 
causes
 
can
 
be
 
organized
      
 
into
 
a
 
framework
 
of
 
lar
ger
 
society
 
also
 
e
ar
 
linked
 
with
 
child
 
mal-
four
 
 
principal
 
systems: (1)
 
 
the
 
 
child,
 
(2)
 
 
 
the
 
 
family,
 
treatment. Poverty,
 
for
 
example,
 
has
 
been
 
(3)
 
 
the
 
 
community,
 
and
 
(4)
 
 
 
the
 
 
society. Though
linked
 
with
 
maltr
eatment,
 
particularly
 
neglect,
 
children
 
are
 
 
not
 
 
responsible
 
for
 
 
the
 
 
abuse
 
in
 
each
 
of
 
the
 
national
 
incidence
 
studies
 
inflicted
 
upon
 
 
them,
 
 
certain
 
child
 
characteristics
 
(Sedlak
 
&
oadhurst,
 
Br
 
1996),
 
and
 
has
 
been
 
have
 
been
 
found
 
to
 
 
increase
 
the
 
 
 
risk
 
 
or
 
 
poten-
associated
 
with
 
child
 
neglect
 
by
 
Black
 
(2000)
 
tial
 
for
 
 
maltreatment.