Child Maltreatment in Canada
Child Maltreatment in Canada

Author: Nico Trocmé

Publisher: Environment Canada

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 60

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1. STUDY OVERVIEW AND METHODS: Background and objectives; Purpose of this report; Definitional framework for the CIS [Canadian Incidence Study].; Methods; Scope and Limitations. 2. CHILD MALTREATMENT IN CANADA: INCIDENCE AND CHARACTERITICS: Total child investigations and overall rates of substantiation; Categories of maltreatment; Characteristics of Substantiated Maltreatment.

Alberta incidence study of reported child abuse and neglect - 2003 (AIS-2003).
Alberta incidence study of reported child abuse and neglect - 2003 (AIS-2003).

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Published: 2006

Total Pages: 0

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In total, 20% percent of children experienced a change of residence during or at the conclusion of the initial substantiated maltreatment investigation, 12% in the form of a placement in a child welfare setting (Figure 7). [...] The AIS-2003 is the first province-wide study to examine the incidence of reported child maltreatment and the characteristics of the children and families investigated by child welfare services in Alberta. [...] This introduction presents the rationale and objectives of the study, provides an overview of the child welfare system in Alberta, describes the definitional framework used for the study, and outlines the organization of the report. [...] The 1998 Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect was the first study in Canada to estimate the incidence of child abuse and neglect reported to, and investigated by, the Canadian child welfare system. [...] Objectives and Scope of the AIS The primary objective of the AIS-2003 is to provide reliable estimates of the scope and characteristics of child abuse and neglect investigated by child welfare services across Alberta in 2003.