physical abuse

Each province and territory has unique legislation defining and describing responses to physical abuse. Physical abuse includes any non-accidental action that causes, or could cause physical harm to a child such as hitting, shaking, or the unreasonable use of force to restrain a child.

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Title Authors Year
What is Child Physical Abuse?

Trocmé, N., Sullivan, S. & Lefebvre, R.

 2024
What doesn’t kill them doesn’t make them stronger: Questioning our current notions of resilience

Kassis, W., Artz, S., Maurovic, I., & Simões, C.

 2018
When Is a Child’s Forensic Statement Deemed Credible? A Comparison of Physical and Sexual Abuse Cases

Hershkowitz, I., Melkman, E. P., & Zur, R.

 2018
Temporary placements: A crisis-management strategy for physically abused children?

Hébert, Sophie T.
Hélie, Sonia
Esposito,;Tonino

 2018
Child welfare responses linked to subtypes of exposure to intimate partner violence: Evidence from the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect

Gonzalez, Andrea

MacMillan, Harriet

Tanaka, Masako

Jack, Susan M.;

Tonmyr, Lil

 2017
Pathways linking childhood maltreatment and adolescent sexual risk behaviors: The role of attachment security

Thibodeau, Marie-Eve

Lavoie, Francine

Hébert, Martine

Blais, Martin

 2017
15-Year-Old Jimmy: An Investigative Review

Office of the Child and Youth Advocate Alberta

 2017
Drug use, the drug environment, and child physical abuse and neglect

Freisthler, B., Wolf, J. P., Wiegmann, W., & Kepple, N. J.

 2017
Defining ‘reasonable force’: Does it advance child protection?

Durrant, Joan E.
Fallon, Barbara
Lefebvre, Rachael
Allan, Kate

 2017
Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder casts a long shadow: Findings from a population-based study of adult women with self-reported ADHD

Fuller-Thomson, Esme

Lewis, D. A.

Agbeyaka, Senyo K.;

 2016