An Exploration of the Relationship between Poverty and Child Neglect in Canadian Child Welfare

Objectives: Concerns have been raised that child welfare systems may inappropriately target poor families for intrusive interventions. The term “neglect” has been critiqued as a class-based label applied disproportionately to poor families. The objectives of the study are: to identify the nature and...

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Main Author: Schumaker, Katherine
Other Authors: Fuller-Thomson, Esme
Language:en_ca
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1807/34913