Children in care: victims of the system
This is a study which explored the reasons children entered care in Newfoundland during a two year period. The study is an exploratory one utilizing secondary analysis. One hundred case files were randomly selected from the files of all children who entered care during the period under study. Five p...
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Memorial University of Newfoundland
1990
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| Online Access: | https://research.library.mun.ca/5937/ https://research.library.mun.ca/5937/1/Crawford_ElizabethA.pdf https://research.library.mun.ca/5937/3/Crawford_ElizabethA.pdf |
| Summary: | This is a study which explored the reasons children entered care in Newfoundland during a two year period. The study is an exploratory one utilizing secondary analysis. One hundred case files were randomly selected from the files of all children who entered care during the period under study. Five propositions were formulated from the literature. These provided direction to the data collection and presentation. Reasons for care were analyzed in relation to these propositions. Briefly stated, the study found that children under 6 years entered care primarily for reasons related to parental behaviour. Children 12 - 15 years entered care primarily for reasons related to their own behaviour. There was no strong trend established for reasons for entry into care for children between 6 and 11 years. The findings also indicated that the majority of children who entered care came from single parent families and that the main source of income for families was social assistance. The study indicated that children who entered care were victims of a system which failed to meet their needs and those of their families. |
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