Does mandatory reporting legislation increase contact with child protection? - a legal doctrinal review and an analytical examination

• Main Authors: Lil Tonmyr (Author), Ben Mathews (Author), Margot E. Shields (Author), Wendy E. Hovdestad (Author), Tracie O. Afifi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Within Canadian provinces over the past half-century, legislation has been enacted to increase child protection organization (CPO) involvement in situations of child maltreatment (CM). This study had two objectives: 1) to document enactment dates of legislation for mandatory repo...