Background: Research indicates that child welfare services reach out to children exposed to violence unequally depending on the child's social background, living conditions and violence type.
Objective: Based on the notion of selective recognition of vulnerability and risk, this study explores which children CWS pursue to a complete child welfare investigation.
Participants And Setting: A register was set up including all children (n = 1764) between 7 and 12 years that were investigated for suspected exposure to violence by CWS in the municipality of the City of Stockholm, Sweden, in 2019.