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.

Title	Authors	Year Sort ascending
Ten-year epidemiological study of pediatric burns in Canada	Spinks, Anneliese Wasiak, Jason Cleland, Heather Beben, Nicole Macpherson, Alison K.	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
Cognitive and Emotional Differences Between Abusive and Non-Abusive Fathers	Francis, Karen J. Wolfe, David	2008
Establishing a relationship between behavior and cognition: Violence against women and children within the family	Chamberland, Claire Fortin, Andrée Laporte, Lise	2007
Factors associated with co-occurrence of spousal and parental violence: Quebec population study	Lévesque, Sylvie Clément, Marie-Ève Chamberland, Claire	2007
Perspectives nouvelles sur l'attachement à partir d'études sur les problèmes extériorisés des enfants	Paquette, Daniel	2007
Violence conjugale et mauvais traitements envers les enfants: phénomènes reliés mais envisagés dans des paradigmes distincts	Lavergne, Chantal	2007
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
Using neuropsychological profiles to classify neglected children with or without physical abuse	Nolin, Pierre Ethier, Louise S.	2007
Cognition, Emotion, and Neurobiological Development: Mediating the Relation Between Maltreatment and Aggression	Lee, Vivien Hoaken, Peter	2007