Several studies evaluating Child Protective Services systems provides guidance on relevant variables and relationships to consider in an evaluation of APS. These studies help to identify individuals at greatest risk for recidivism. Of the approaches to evaluating services provided by state and federal agencies, the most popular and easily quantifiable is to evaluate cases with recurrence reports to identify how and where they differ from cases that do not recur. This allows for a better understanding of how to identify the important relationships and variables that to consider for more than standard care. This type of evaluation is important so that effective strategies for use of programs and service to reduce the recurrence and the negative
