Intimate partner violence (IPV) negatively affects children. Although IPV-related reports frequently come to the attention of child protective services (CPS), there is neither a unified standard for how CPS systems should respond, nor sufficient research documenting that reaction. The current study used population-based administrative records from California to assess how CPS responds to reported allegations of IPV, with and without physical abuse and/or neglect allegations. We used multinomial regression to model the likelihood of investigation outcomes. Results indicate that 20.7% of CPS reports had IPV alleged during hotline screening, and of those, just 3.2% were screened out compared to 20.2% for reports where IPV was not alleged. Almost half (45.5%) of IPV-alleged reports came from law enforcement, in contrast to 15.2% of reports that did not allege IPV. IPV-alleged reports were more likely to have allegations substantiated without a case opened for services, but less likely to result in foster care placements. Several statistically significant differences were identified by the type of alleged maltreatment co-reported with IPV. This study contributes to an understanding of how CPS responds to IPV-alleged reports.

亲密伴侣暴力 (IPV) 会对儿童产生负面影响。尽管与 IPV 相关的报告经常引起儿童保护服务 (CPS) 的注意，但对于 CPS 系统应如何响应，既没有统一的标准，也没有足够的研究记录这种反应。当前的研究使用来自加利福尼亚的基于人口的行政记录来评估 CPS 如何回应报告的 IPV 指控，包括和不包括身体虐待和/或忽视指控。我们使用多项回归来模拟调查结果的可能性。结果表明，20.7% 的 CPS 报告在热线筛查期间涉嫌 IPV，其中只有 3.2% 被筛查出来，而没有指控 IPV 的报告则为 20.2%。几乎一半 (45.5%) 的 IPV 指控报告来自执法部门，而 15 起则相反。2% 的报告没有声称 IPV。IPV 指控的报告更有可能在没有为服务开立案件的情况下证实指控得到证实，但不太可能导致寄养安置。通过与 IPV 共同报告的涉嫌虐待的类型确定了几个统计上的显着差异。本研究有助于了解 CPS 如何响应 IPV 指控的报告。