Tara Black
Biographic Data
| ID | 4219059 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Tara Black |
| GIVEN NAMES | Tara |
| FAMILY NAME | Black |
| SIGNATURE | BLACK T |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4572-9538 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 67 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Children’s exposure to intimate partner violence as a form of child maltreatment in Canada
Responding to intimate partner violence (IPV) in Ontario, Canada
Over the past 20 years, Ontario child welfare agencies have seen an exponential increase in referrals for exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) for children. Using a mixed methods approach, this paper examines the causes and consequences of the exponential increase in the incidence rates of IPV exposure between 1993 and 2013, providing important context for a maltreatment type that is not well understood in Ontario. The incidence of investi…
The role of risk in child welfare decision-making
Ethical Considerations for Qualitative Research Methods During the Covid-19 Pandemic and Other Emergency Situations
Qualitative research is integral to the pandemic response. Qualitative methods are ideally suited to generating evidence to inform tailored, culturally appropriate approaches to COVID-19, and to meaningfully engaging diverse individuals and communities in response to the pandemic. In this paper, we discuss core ethical and methodological considerations in the design and implementation of qualitative research in the COVID-19 era, and in pivoting t…
The intersection of child welfare, intimate partner violence and child custody disputes
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to understand child welfare investigations that involve child custody disputes in Ontario, Canada. Methods: The study used data from the Ontario Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect. The OIS is a cyclical, cross sectional provincial child welfare study conducted every five years. Characteristics of investigations involving child custody disputes were examined by conducting chi-square tests on k…
Exploring subtypes of children’s exposure to intimate partner violence
Feeling the pressure to take sides
Troubled teens and challenged caregivers
How Can Data Drive Policy and Practice in Child Welfare? Making the Link in Canada
Formal university-child welfare partnerships offer a unique opportunity to begin to fill the gaps in the child welfare knowledge base and link child welfare services to the realities of practice. With resources from a knowledge mobilization grant, a formal partnership was developed between the University of Toronto, clinicians, policy analysts, and researchers from child welfare agencies across Ontario. The key objectives of the grant included: (…
Police Charging Decisions in Child Maltreatment Investigations
The objective of this study was to use logistic regression and examine factors that influence charging decisions by the police during child maltreatment investigations. An estimated 4,808 substantiated child maltreatment investigations that involved police were obtained from the 2008 Ontario Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect. Of the 4,808 cases examined, police laid charges in about one-third of the cases. Controlling for all ot…
Delineating disproportionality and disparity of Asian-Canadian versus White-Canadian families in the child welfare system
Correlates of Substantiated Emotional Maltreatment in the Second Canadian Incidence Study
Child protection workers' experiences of working with high-conflict separating families
Untangling Risk of Maltreatment from Events of Maltreatment
Characteristics of Young Parents Investigated and Opened for Ongoing Services in Child Welfare
Reliability and Predictive Validity of a Consensus-Based Risk Assessment Tool
This study examines the reliability and predictive validity of the risk assessment tool used in Ontario, Canada. For the reliability portion of the study, a stratified random sample of 132 cases receiving services was drawn from one of Ontario's largest children's aid societies. Predictive validity was tested on 1,118 cases that were selected and administratively followed for varying lengths of time. Internal consistency was poor to fair; inter-r…
Ethical Considerations for Qualitative Research Methods During the Covid-19 Pandemic and Other Emergency Situations
Qualitative research is integral to the pandemic response. Qualitative methods are ideally suited to generating evidence to inform tailored, culturally appropriate approaches to COVID-19, and to meaningfully engaging diverse individuals and communities in response to the pandemic. In this paper, we discuss core ethical and methodological considerations in the design and implementation of qualitative research in the COVID-19 era, and in pivoting t…
Reliability and Predictive Validity of a Consensus-Based Risk Assessment Tool
This study examines the reliability and predictive validity of the risk assessment tool used in Ontario, Canada. For the reliability portion of the study, a stratified random sample of 132 cases receiving services was drawn from one of Ontario's largest children's aid societies. Predictive validity was tested on 1,118 cases that were selected and administratively followed for varying lengths of time. Internal consistency was poor to fair; inter-r…
Troubled teens and challenged caregivers
Correlates of Substantiated Emotional Maltreatment in the Second Canadian Incidence Study
Child protection workers' experiences of working with high-conflict separating families
The role of risk in child welfare decision-making
Feeling the pressure to take sides
Delineating disproportionality and disparity of Asian-Canadian versus White-Canadian families in the child welfare system
Responding to intimate partner violence (IPV) in Ontario, Canada
Over the past 20 years, Ontario child welfare agencies have seen an exponential increase in referrals for exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) for children. Using a mixed methods approach, this paper examines the causes and consequences of the exponential increase in the incidence rates of IPV exposure between 1993 and 2013, providing important context for a maltreatment type that is not well understood in Ontario. The incidence of investi…
Reliability and Predictive Validity of a Consensus-Based Risk Assessment Tool
This study examines the reliability and predictive validity of the risk assessment tool used in Ontario, Canada. For the reliability portion of the study, a stratified random sample of 132 cases receiving services was drawn from one of Ontario's largest children's aid societies. Predictive validity was tested on 1,118 cases that were selected and administratively followed for varying lengths of time. Internal consistency was poor to fair; inter-r…
Untangling Risk of Maltreatment from Events of Maltreatment
Characteristics of Young Parents Investigated and Opened for Ongoing Services in Child Welfare
Correlates of Substantiated Emotional Maltreatment in the Second Canadian Incidence Study
Child protection workers' experiences of working with high-conflict separating families
Police Charging Decisions in Child Maltreatment Investigations
The objective of this study was to use logistic regression and examine factors that influence charging decisions by the police during child maltreatment investigations. An estimated 4,808 substantiated child maltreatment investigations that involved police were obtained from the 2008 Ontario Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect. Of the 4,808 cases examined, police laid charges in about one-third of the cases. Controlling for all ot…
Delineating disproportionality and disparity of Asian-Canadian versus White-Canadian families in the child welfare system
How Can Data Drive Policy and Practice in Child Welfare? Making the Link in Canada
Formal university-child welfare partnerships offer a unique opportunity to begin to fill the gaps in the child welfare knowledge base and link child welfare services to the realities of practice. With resources from a knowledge mobilization grant, a formal partnership was developed between the University of Toronto, clinicians, policy analysts, and researchers from child welfare agencies across Ontario. The key objectives of the grant included: (…
Troubled teens and challenged caregivers
Feeling the pressure to take sides
The intersection of child welfare, intimate partner violence and child custody disputes
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to understand child welfare investigations that involve child custody disputes in Ontario, Canada. Methods: The study used data from the Ontario Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect. The OIS is a cyclical, cross sectional provincial child welfare study conducted every five years. Characteristics of investigations involving child custody disputes were examined by conducting chi-square tests on k…
Exploring subtypes of children’s exposure to intimate partner violence
Responding to intimate partner violence (IPV) in Ontario, Canada
Over the past 20 years, Ontario child welfare agencies have seen an exponential increase in referrals for exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV) for children. Using a mixed methods approach, this paper examines the causes and consequences of the exponential increase in the incidence rates of IPV exposure between 1993 and 2013, providing important context for a maltreatment type that is not well understood in Ontario. The incidence of investi…
The role of risk in child welfare decision-making
Ethical Considerations for Qualitative Research Methods During the Covid-19 Pandemic and Other Emergency Situations
Qualitative research is integral to the pandemic response. Qualitative methods are ideally suited to generating evidence to inform tailored, culturally appropriate approaches to COVID-19, and to meaningfully engaging diverse individuals and communities in response to the pandemic. In this paper, we discuss core ethical and methodological considerations in the design and implementation of qualitative research in the COVID-19 era, and in pivoting t…
Children’s exposure to intimate partner violence as a form of child maltreatment in Canada
Psychology (15 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (14 works) · Medicine (14 works) · Political science (11 works) · Psychiatry (11 works) · Neglect (10 works) · Poison control (10 works) · Child abuse (9 works) · Welfare (8 works) · Environmental health (7 works)