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Fallon, Barbara; Trocme, Nico; MacLaurin, Bruce; Sinha, Vandna; Black, Tara – International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 2011
This paper describes the methodological changes that occurred across cycles of the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (CIS), specifically outlining the rationale for tracking investigations of families with children at risk of maltreatment in the CIS-2008 cycle. This paper also presents analysis of data from the CIS-2008…
Descriptors: Risk, Child Abuse, Incidence, Caregivers
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Black, Tara; Trocme, Nico; Fallon, Barbara; MacLaurin, Bruce – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2008
Objective: While child welfare policy and legislation reflects that children who are exposed to domestic violence are in need of protection because they are at risk of emotional and physical harm, little is known about the profile of families and children identified to the child welfare system and the system's response. The objective of this study…
Descriptors: Family Violence, Child Abuse, Child Welfare, Foreign Countries
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Lavergne, Chantal; Dufour, Sarah; Trocme, Nico; Larrivee, Marie-Claude – Child Welfare, 2008
The aim of this descriptive study was to compare the report profiles of Caucasian, Aboriginal, and other visible minority children whose cases were assessed by child protective services in Canada. The results show that children of Aboriginal ancestry and from visible minority groups are selected for investigation by child protective services 1.77…
Descriptors: Asians, African American Children, Child Abuse, Minority Group Children