differential response

Differential response describes a child welfare service response provided after a report of maltreatment. Such alternative child welfare service responses vary by jurisdiction and according to factors including the type and severity of alleged maltreatment and the willingness of the family to participate in services.

Title	Authors	Year
Balancing Immediate Protection and Long-Term Well-Being	Nico Trocmé and Cindy Blackstock	2025
What is Child Physical Abuse?	Trocmé, N., Sullivan, S. & Lefebvre, R.	2024
Differential Response and the Reduction of Child Maltreatment and Foster Care Services Utilization in the U.S. From 2004 to 2017	Johnson-Motoyama, M., Ginther, D. K., Phillips, R., Beer, O. W. J., Merkel-Holguin, L., & Fluke, J.	2021
The manifest and latent functions of differential response in child welfare	Ji, Daniel Sullivan, Richard	2016
What's so different about differential response? A multilevel and longitudinal analysis of child neglect investigations	Janczewski, Colleen E. Mersky, Joshua P.	2016
Does differential response make a difference: Examining domestic violence cases in child protection services	Alaggia, Ramona Gadalla, Tahany M. Shlonsky, Aron Jenney, Angelique Daciuk, Joanne	2015
A Profile of Customized and Traditional Investigations in Ontario in 2008	Van Wert, Melissa Lefebvre, Rachael Fallon, Barbara Trocmé, Nico	2012
Effects of anti-poverty services under the differential response approach to child welfare	Loman, L. A. and G. L. Siegel	2012
Multiple response system: Evaluation of policy change in North Carolina's child welfare system	Lawrence, C. N., Rosanbalm, K. D., & Dodge, K. A.	2011
Making the Connection: Strategies for Working with High-risk Youth	Smyth, Peter Eaton-Erickson, Arlene	2009