Multicultural Child Maltreatment Risk Assessment

Multicultural Child Maltreatment Risk Assessment provides detailed descriptions of child maltreatment assessment and key strategies for culturally informed risk assessment in families.

Vassilia Binensztok, PhD, is an affiliate professor at The Family Institute at Northwestern University and a certified forensic mental health evaluator with extensive experience working in the child welfare system, the family court system, and counseling adult survivors of childhood trauma.

List of Figures List of Tables Preface 1. Introduction to Multicultural Child Maltreatment Risk Assessment 2. Defining Child Maltreatment 3. Effects of Child Maltreatment 4. Families at Risk 5. Assessing Families for Risk 6. Assessing Children for Maltreatment 7. Multicultural Considerations in Assessment 8. The Adequate Parent 9. Decision Making in Child Maltreatment Risk Assessment Index