Understanding the investigation-stage overrepresentation of First Nations children in the child welfare system: An analysis of the First Nations component of the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect 2008

Sinha, Vandna; Trocmé, Nico; Fallon, Barbara; MacLaurin, Bruce

doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2012.11.010

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“…The failure of a caregiver to provide the food, clothing, shelter, medical care, or supervision required to ensure that a child's health, safety, and wellbeing are not harmed has been defined as physical neglect [1,2], a subtype of child maltreatment with a global prevalence, according to the meta-analysis recently carried out by Van IJzendoorn, Bakermans-Kranenburg, Coughlan, and Reiiman [3], of 163/1000. Neglect has serious consequences for children's development and for their physical and mental health [1,[4][5][6][7].…”

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Study of the Differential Consequences of Neglect and Poverty on Adaptive and Maladaptive Behavior in Children

Herruzo

Trenas

Pino

et al. 2020

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The consequences of physical neglect on retardation in the development of adaptive behaviors and the increased risk of poor physical and mental health are well documented. As physical neglect is a phenomenon found almost exclusively among socially deprived people, it is important to distinguish the health effects caused by neglect from those caused by poverty. The objective of this study was to compare the effects of poverty and physical neglect on the development of problematic externalizing and internalizing behaviors, adaptive skills, and school problems among school children between the ages of 3 and 12. A group of 157 children were chosen from 28 Andalusian schools and classified in three homogeneous groups. Children in group 1 (n = 53) had two target conditions: living in slums (poverty) and suffering from neglect. Children in group 2 (n = 52) had one target condition: living in the same slums as the children in group 1, but not suffering from neglect. Group 3 (n = 52) consisted of children from other (non-slum) neighborhoods who did not suffer from neglect. Adaptive and maladaptive behaviors were evaluated with the Behavior Assessment System for Children (BASC). Significant differences were found between group 1 and group 2, but there were no important differences between group 2 and group 3. The conclusion was that externalizing and internalizing problems, school problems, and low adaptive skills found in neglected children were associated with neglect rather than with poverty or socially deprived environments.

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Study of the Differential Consequences of Neglect and Poverty on Adaptive and Maladaptive Behavior in Children

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Trenas

Pino

et al. 2020

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“…In Australia, 5% of children aged 0 to 17 are Indigenous, while 24% of the children in care are Indigenous; Indigenous children are both more likely to be involved in maltreatment investigations and placed in out-of-home care in comparison with non-Indigenous children (Tilbury, 2009). Similarly, Sinha, Trocmé, Fallon, and MacLaurin's (2013) analysis of the 2008 Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (CIS) revealed that, consistent with 2003 and 1998 findings, First Nations families were investigated on average 4.2 times more often by child welfare than non-Indigenous families (140.6 per 1000 compared to 33.5 per 1000). Cases involving First Nations children were more likely to be substantiated (Sinha et al, 2011), more likely to remain open, and children were more likely to be placed in out-of-home care (Sinha et al, 2011) than children and families who were not First Nations.…”

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Disrupting the Continuities Among Residential Schools, the Sixties Scoop, and Child Welfare: An Analysis of Colonial and Neocolonial Discourses

McKenzie

Varcoe

Browne

et al. 2016

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In Canada, it is estimated that 3 times as many Indigenous children are currently in the care of the state compared to when the residential schools' populations were at their peak. It is imperative that action be taken. This article explores the continuities among residential schools, the Sixties Scoop, and child welfare in Canada today. In particular, we examine how colonial and neocolonial discourses operate through and justify these policies and practices. We propose nine policy recommendations, which aim to transform child welfare and support Indigenous families to care for their children. Although transformative policy change is unlikely within this neocolonial and neoliberal climate, the recent change in federal leadership has made it more possible to move these policy recommendations forward.

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“…Aboriginal overrepresentation exists at every level of child welfare exposure (e.g., investigation, substantiated investigation, out-of-home placement). 8 However, despite much research highlighting the harms that typically follow time spent in the child welfare system, policy-makers have failed to take action to address these outcomes among the children and youth they are obligated to protect.…”

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An uncaring state? The overrepresentation of First Nations children in the Canadian child welfare system

Barker

Alfred

2014

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Understanding the investigation-stage overrepresentation of First Nations children in the child welfare system: An analysis of the First Nations component of the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect 2008

Cited by 94 publications

References 16 publications

Study of the Differential Consequences of Neglect and Poverty on Adaptive and Maladaptive Behavior in Children

Study of the Differential Consequences of Neglect and Poverty on Adaptive and Maladaptive Behavior in Children

Disrupting the Continuities Among Residential Schools, the Sixties Scoop, and Child Welfare: An Analysis of Colonial and Neocolonial Discourses

An uncaring state? The overrepresentation of First Nations children in the Canadian child welfare system

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