Visible Minority, Aboriginal, and Caucasian Children Investigated by Canadian Protective Services

Autor/inn/en	Lavergne, Chantal; Dufour, Sarah; Trocme, Nico; Larrivee, Marie-Claude
Titel	Visible Minority, Aboriginal, and Caucasian Children Investigated by Canadian Protective Services
Quelle	In: Child Welfare, 87 (2008) 2, S.59-76 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0009-4021
Schlagwörter	Asians; African American Children; Child Abuse; Minority Group Children; Risk; Foreign Countries; Profiles; Whites; Minority Groups; Indigenous Populations; Comparative Analysis; Social Services; Child Neglect; Housing; Parent Child Relationship; Racial Bias; Decision Making; Identification; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Asian; Asiat; Asiatin; Asiaten; Asiate; African Americans; Child; Children; Afroamerikaner; Kind; Kinder; Abuse of children; Abuse; Kindesmissbrauch; Missbrauch; Risiko; Ausland; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; White; Weißer; Ethnische Minderheit; Sinti und Roma; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste; Kindesvernachlässigung; Unterkunft; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Kanada
Abstract	The aim of this descriptive study was to compare the report profiles of Caucasian, Aboriginal, and other visible minority children whose cases were assessed by child protective services in Canada. The results show that children of Aboriginal ancestry and from visible minority groups are selected for investigation by child protective services 1.77 times more frequently than are children in the general population. Physical abuse is reported and substantiated more often for Asian children, whereas neglect is chiefly an issue with Aboriginal and black children. Child vulnerability factors and parental and housing risk factors alone cannot explain the higher substantiation percentages, except for Aboriginal children, for whom the risks are higher than for the other groups. The individual and family profiles of Asian and black children appear to be significantly less of a burden than those of Aboriginals and Caucasians. These results may reflect a certain degree of racial bias in the identification and reporting of maltreatment cases to child protective services and in decisions about the substantiation of maltreatment. (Contains 4 tables.) (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	Child Welfare League of America. P.O. Box 932831, Atlanta, GA 31193-2831. Tel: 800-407-6273; Tel: 770-280-4164; e-mail: order@cwla.org; Web site: http://www.cwla.org/pubs
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10