Importanti fattori di rischio nelle decisioni di allontanamento: le percezioni degli operatori sociali - The current study identified factors that played a significant role in decisions to separate a child from his/her primary caretakers for 51 social service caseworkers. Participants rated and ranked the importance of 35 child risk/well-being factors used in recent child separation dispositions. Results indicated that boundary setting with a perpetrator of abuse and parental motivation played a significant role in decision-making. These preliminary findings suggest the need to prioritize services aimed at the promotion of the non-maltreating parent’s limit setting with the perpetrator of abuse, as well as caretaker motivation/cooperation. Keywords: maltreatment; family risk factors; caseworker perceptions.

Virginia DeRoma, Maria Lynn Kessler, Ryan McDaniel, Cesar Soto, in "MALTRATTAMENTO E ABUSO ALL’INFANZIA" 3/2008, pp. 9-23, DOI: