Going Home: Predictors of Reunification and Reentry in Dutch Child Protection Cases

Sabine van der Asdonk, Renate S. M, Lenneke R. A, Anouk Goemans, Daisy J. H, Jolien H. van Boven, Mariëlle R. Bruning, Institute of Education and Child Studies, Leiden University, The Netherlands, Institute of Private Law, Leiden University, The Netherlands, Jeugdbescherming West, The Hague, The Netherlands

Child Maltreatment

Published online on January 16, 2026

Abstract

Child Maltreatment, Ahead of Print.
This study investigated predictors of reunification and reentry for children in Dutch out-of-home care. Case files of 340 children (aged 0–16) placed out of home in 2018 were coded and analyzed. Potential predictors were identified with bivariate ...