NCJ Number
195022
Date Published
2001
Length
52 pages
Annotation
This document contains selected results from a Canadian incidence study of reported child abuse and neglect.
Abstract
The incidence estimates presented in this report are based on a survey completed by child welfare workers, of a representative sample of 7,672 child maltreatment investigations. The Canadian Incidence Study (CIS) was designed to: (1) examine the rates of different forms of maltreatment; (2) examine the severity of maltreatment in terms of chronicity and evidence of harm/risk; (3) examine selected determinants of health for investigated children and their families; and (4) monitor short-term investigation outcomes, including substantiation rates, placement in care, use of child welfare court, and criminal prosecution. The CIS studies child maltreatment reported to, and investigated by, child welfare agencies in Canada. Child abuse and neglect that came to the attention of other professionals but were not reported to child welfare services were not counted in the CIS. An estimated 135,573 child maltreatment investigations were conducted in Canada in 1998; almost half of these cases were substantiated by the investigating worker. Notes, figures, appendixes