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Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect. 2000.

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The second cycle of the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (CIS-2003) as discussed by the authors was released in 2003, and the major findings of the second cycle were presented.
Abstract
This report presents the major findings of the second cycle of the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect (CIS-2003). In this initiative, data are collected every five years on child maltreatment reported to, and investigated by, child welfare agencies in Canada. The CIS is a collaborative effort of many partners: the federal, provincial and territorial governments; university-based researchers; the First Nations Child & Family Caring Society; child advocacy groups; and most important, child welfare service providers across the country.

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