Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect: Final Report

Trocmé, Nico; MacLaurin, Bruce; Fallon, Barbara; Daciuk, Joanne; Billingsley, Diane; Tourigny, Marc; Mayer, Micheline; Wright, John; Barter, Ken; Burford, Gale; Hornick, Joe; Sullivan, Richard; McKenzie, Brad

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“…The Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect-2008 (CIS-2008) is the third nation-wide study to examine the incidence of reported child maltreatment and the characteristics of the children and families investigated by child welfare authorities [26]. The CIS-2008 tracked 15,980 maltreatment-related investigations conducted in a representative sample of 112 child welfare organizations across Canada in the fall of 2008.…”

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“…Only 8% of substantiated cases of maltreatment documented in the 2008 cycle of the CIS involved physical harm, and most of these cases involved bruises or other minor injuries that had not required medical attention [26]. Psychological harm, not physical harm, is the primary concern in most situations of child maltreatment.…”

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“…This confusion became apparent in a series of validation tests completed at the end of the 2003 cycle of the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (CIS) which revealed that child welfare workers were force coding "maltreatment investigations", where there was no specific concern about an abusive or neglectful incident having possibly occurred, because of concerns about risk of maltreatment [25]. Following the addition of a "risk investigation only" option in the 2008 cycle of the study, 26% of all investigations were categorized as risk assessments [26].…”

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Urgent Protection versus Chronic Need: Clarifying the Dual Mandate of Child Welfare Services across Canada

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This study analyzed data from the 1998, 2003 and 2008 Canadian Incidence Study of reported child abuse and neglect (CIS) and compared the profile of children who were reported for an urgent protection investigation versus any other investigation or assessment. As a proportion of all investigations, urgent protection cases have dropped from 28% of all investigations in 1998, to 19% in 2003, to 15% in 2008. Results from the CIS-2008 analysis revealed that 7% of cases involved neglect of a child under four, 4% of cases involved sexual abuse, 2% of cases involved physical abuse of a child under four and 1% of cases involved children who had sustained severe enough physical harm that medical treatment was required. The other 85% of cases of investigated maltreatment involved situations where concerns appear to focus less on immediate safety and more on the long-term effects of a range of family related problems. These findings underscore the importance of considering the dual mandate of child welfare mandates across Canada: intervening to assure the urgent protection and safety of the child versus intervening to promote the development and well-being of the child. Soc. Sci. 2014, 3 484 OPEN ACCESS

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“…Although scientific data are scarce, government inquiries and Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal scholars alike have suggested that as part of the post-colonial legacy, the prevalence of sexual abuse within Aboriginal communities in Canada is higher than in other communities (Hylton, 2002;LaRocque, 1994;RCAP, 1996;Trocmé et al, 2001;Young & Katz, 1998). For example, the 1998 Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Maltreatment reported that while Aboriginal children account for only 5% of the youth population in Canada, they made up 16% of families investigated due to suspected maltreatment and 9% of substantiated cases of sexual abuse (Trocmé et al, 2005).…”

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The Cedar Project: Historical trauma, sexual abuse and HIV risk among young Aboriginal people who use injection and non-injection drugs in two Canadian cities

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Recent Indigenist scholarship has situated high rates of traumatic life experiences, including sexual abuse, among Indigenous peoples of North America within the larger context of their status as colonized peoples. Sexual abuse has been linked to many negative health outcomes including mental, sexual and drug-related vulnerabilities. There is a paucity of research in Canada addressing the relationship between antecedent sexual abuse and negative health outcomes among Aboriginal people including elevated risk of HIV infection. The primary objectives of this study were to determine factors associated with sexual abuse among participants of the Cedar Project, a cohort of young Aboriginal people between the ages of 14 and 30 years who use injection and non-injection drugs in two urban centres in British Columbia, Canada; and to locate findings through a lens of historical and intergenerational trauma. We utilized post-colonial perspectives in research design, problem formulation and the interpretation of results. Multivariate modeling was used to determine the extent to which a history of sexual abuse was predictive of negative health

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“…His findings have been replicated repeatedly (Durrant et al, 2006;Kadushin & Martin, 1981;Margolin, 1990;Trocmé, Siddiqi, Fallon, MacLaurin, & Sullivan, 2002). Findings of the Canadian Incidence Studies of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect have repeatedly demonstrated that at least 75% of substantiated physical maltreatment takes place in a punitive context (Jud & Trocmé, 2013;Trocmé et al, 2005;Trocmé et al, 2001). In a recent meta-analysis, physical punishment was strongly and consistently associated with indicators of physical abuse (Gershoff & GroganKaylor, 2016).…”

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Predicting Adults’ Approval of Physical Punishment From Their Perceptions of Their Childhood Experiences

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Most physical violence against children in their homes is rooted in physical punishment. Parents' approval of physical punishment is a primary predictor of its use. Therefore, reducing approval of physical punishment is critical to preventing physical violence against children. We explored the relative contributions of four variables to young adults' approval of physical punishment with the aim of identifying effective routes to prevention. The participants were 480 first-year university students in 3 Canadian provinces. The outcome measure was a scale assessing participants' approval of physical punishment. The predictor variables were four dimensions of participants' perceptions of their childhood physical punishment experiences: physical (frequency, severity), cognitive (perceived abusiveness, perceived deservedness), affective (short-and long-term emotional impact), and contextual (degree to which it was accompanied by reasoning, power assertion, emotional abuse, or emotional support). Most (73%) of the participants had experienced physical punishment in childhood. Of these, 78% had experienced punishments other than mild spanking with the hand; one fifth had been pushed against a wall, and one third had been hit with objects. The strongest predictor of participants' approval of physical punishment was a belief that their experiences were deserved. Reducing approval of physical punishment requires strategies to alter the perception that children deserve violence.

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Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect: Final Report

Cited by 117 publications

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Urgent Protection versus Chronic Need: Clarifying the Dual Mandate of Child Welfare Services across Canada

Urgent Protection versus Chronic Need: Clarifying the Dual Mandate of Child Welfare Services across Canada

The Cedar Project: Historical trauma, sexual abuse and HIV risk among young Aboriginal people who use injection and non-injection drugs in two Canadian cities

Predicting Adults’ Approval of Physical Punishment From Their Perceptions of Their Childhood Experiences

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