What constitutes risk of future maltreatment among young mothers? An examination of child protection investigations in Ontario, Canada. Families in Society, 100(4), 409–421. King, B., Fallon, B., Goulden, A., O’Connor, C., & Filippelli, J. (2019).
RESOURSE King, B., Fallon, B., Goulden, A., O’Connor, C., & Filippelli, J. (2019). What constitutes risk of future maltreatment among young mothers? An examination of child protection investigations in Ontario, Canada. Families in Society, 100(4), 409–421. Purpose Research indicates that young mothers face multiple long-term physical, emotional, social and psychological challenges, consequently increasing their child(ren)’s risk of being investigated for maltreatment by child welfare services (CWS). Studies have found that young mothers are more likely to have increased risk conditions and behaviours, a history of being personally involved with the child welfare system, and are at greater risk of being [...]