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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Patterns of skeletal fractures in child abuse: Systematic review

Kemp, A. M., F. Dunstan, et al. 

2008
Predicting Suicide Attempts in Young Adults with Histories of Childhood Abuse

Brezo, Jelena
Paris, Joel
Vitaro, Frank
Hébert, Martine
Tremblay, Richard E.
Turecki, Gustavo

2008
Ten-year epidemiological study of pediatric burns in Canada

Spinks, Anneliese
Wasiak, Jason
Cleland, Heather
Beben, Nicole
Macpherson, Alison K.

2008
What Predicts Injury from Physical Punishment? A Test of the Typologies of Violence Hypothesis

Gonzalez, Miriam
Durrant, Joan E.
Chabot, Martin
Trocme, Nico
Brown, Jason

2008
Are abusive fractures in young children becoming less common? Changes over 24 years

Leventhal, J.M., Larson, I.A., Abdoo, D., Singaracharlu, S. & al. 

2007
Blessures et homicides d’enfants causés par leurs parents

Trocmé, Nico
Lajoie, Jules
Fallon, Barbara
Felstiner, Caroline

2007
Child abuse and chronic pain in a community survey of women

Walsh, Christine A.
Jamieson, Ellen
MacMillan, Harriet
Boyle, Michael

2007
Child physical abuse with and without other forms of maltreatment: Dysfunctionality versus dysnormality

Larrivée, Marie-Claude
Tourigny, Marc
Bouchard, Camil

2007
Co-Occurrence of Interparental Violence and Child Physical Abuse and its Effect on the Adolescent's Behavior

Bourassa, Chantal

2007
Cognition, Emotion, and Neurobiological Development: Mediating the Relation Between Maltreatment and Aggression

Lee, Vivien
Hoaken, Peter

2007