Wednesday, August 29, 2012

More evidence against increasing incarcerations

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In the past, I have written about child protection issues that arise from a parent being incarcerated. These problems include fracturing fa...
Sunday, August 12, 2012

Drug Courts can be quite effective fir child protection

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Some lovely new research by Bruns et al. has shown that drug courts can be quite effective in working with substance abusing parents in the...
Friday, August 3, 2012

Maybe abstinence sex education is harmful

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There has been a movement in the religious right to push teenagers to commit to sexual abstinence. Per se, that does no...
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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Crime Stats matter for child protection policy

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Despite the fact that the Harper government in Canada has been on a law and order agenda, crime levels in Canada are now at their lowest si...
Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Mortgage default, foreclosure and Child Abuse

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Many who have worked in the area of child abuse know that stress in family can be related to increased risk for abuse in a household. There...
Monday, July 16, 2012

Crime as a way out

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There is often an interface between child protection and criminal behaviours. It is not uncommon for children, particularly teenagers, to b...
Friday, July 13, 2012

Sandusky, Penn State and the Freeh Report

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At one level, all of us who work in the field of child protection should celebrate the Freeh Report on the way in which Penn State Universi...