Failures in Children's Protection in Newfoundland and Labrador

From the Hughes (1991) to Markesteyn and Day (2006) Inquiries and Beyond

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ID11970232
AuthorsMike Devine (School of Social Work; Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's, corresponding author), Dennis Kimberley (School of Social Work; Memorial University of Newfoundland and Labrador, St. John's)
Year2012
Volume38
Issue1
Pages55-70
Publication date2012-03-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueCanadian Public Policy (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0317-0861 • E-ISSN: 1911-9917
PublisherUniversity of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.3138/cpp.38.1.55
PMID22834050
OpenAlexW2070086315
LanguageEN
References cited17

The death in 2003 of Zachary Turner, a child in receipt of children’s protection services in Foxtrap, Newfoundland, sparked an independent inquiry into his death. Subsequently, other reviews were completed of children’s protection services. These were not the first reviews or inquiries of this kind in Newfoundland and Labrador. In 1991, Justice Samuel Hughes had conducted a public inquiry into children’s protection services. This article is a critical historical analysis of selected aspects of children’s protection services. The authors uncover repeated failures by government in its child protection systems and discuss implications for future concerns

Business · Child protection · Criminology · Economic Justice · Geography · Government (linguistics · Political science · Receipt · Sociology · Child Abuse and Trauma · Child Welfare and Adoption · Law · Public Administration · Social Work Education and Practice

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