Social Service Professionals' Perceptions of Nonoffending Caregivers in Child Sexual Abuse Cases

Autor/inn/en	Wolfteich, Paula M.; Cline, Monica L.
Titel	Social Service Professionals' Perceptions of Nonoffending Caregivers in Child Sexual Abuse Cases
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 22 (2013) 4, S.429-443 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1053-8712
DOI	10.1080/10538712.2013.781090
Schlagwörter	Child Abuse; Sexual Abuse; Social Work; Caseworkers; Attitude Measures; Caregivers; Caregiver Role; Work Experience; Gender Differences; Educational Attainment; Parent Responsibility; Child Welfare; Hypothesis Testing; Florida + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Abuse of children; Abuse; Child; Children; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Kind; Kinder; Sexueller Missbrauch; Soziale Arbeit; Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; Employment experience; Job experience; Occupational experience; Berufserfahrung; Geschlechterkonflikt; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Kindeswohl; Hypothesenprüfung; Hypothesentest
Abstract	This study was designed to assess social service workers' perceptions of nonoffending caregivers in cases of child sexual abuse. Attributions of blame were examined by administering questionnaires to staff at local social service agencies. It was hypothesized that social service workers who worked in the field longer, were male, or had less education would attribute more blame to the nonoffending caregivers. The findings revealed that respondent gender was the only significant predictor of blame attribution toward nonoffending caregivers, with level of education approaching significance as a predictor. There was no relationship between attribution of blame and years in job. The findings have important contributions for informing the practice of social service professionals who work with families of child sexual abuse. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10