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Chamberland, Claire; Fallon, Barbara; Black, Tara; Trocme, Nico – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2011
Objectives: To determine the prevalence and characteristics of reports of emotional maltreatment (EMT) in Canada, as well as changes in these reports between 1998 and 2003. Methods: This study is based on a secondary analysis of data collected in the first and second Canadian Incidence Study. Emotional maltreatment (excluding exposure to intimate…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Abuse, Antisocial Behavior, Child Neglect
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Trocme, Nico; Fallon, Barbara; MacLaurin, Bruce; Chamberland, Claire; Chabot, Martin; Esposito, Tonino – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2011
Objective: Although there is growing evidence that the emotional dimensions of child maltreatment are particularly damaging, the feasibility and appropriateness of including emotional maltreatment (EM) in child welfare statutes continues to be questioned. Unlike physical and sexual abuse where investigations focus on discreet incidents of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Welfare, Welfare Services, Investigations
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Collin-Vezina, Delphine; Helie, Sonia; Trocme, Nico – Child Abuse & Neglect: The International Journal, 2010
Objective: Canadian victimization surveys and police databases suggest that, overall, no decline in sexual crimes in Canada had occurred lately. We aimed at reviewing the existing data from Canadian child protection services to further explore whether a decline in the number of substantiated child sexual abuse (CSA) cases has occurred during the…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Sexual Abuse, Child Abuse, Incidence