Research Catalog

Title

Restoring dignity : responding to child abuse in Canadian institutions.

Author

Law Commission of Canada

Publication

[Ottawa] : Law Commission of Canada, c2000.

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Description

xvii, 455 p.; 24 cm.

Summary

In November 1997 the Minister of Justice asked the Law Commission of Canada to assess processes for redressing the harm of physical and sexual abuse inflicted on children who lived in institutions that were run or funded by government. This report draws together the research and consultations conducted by the Law Commission in response to the request.

Alternative Title

• Dignité retrouvée, la réparation des sévices infligés aux enfants dans des établissements canadiens
• Responding to child abuse in Canadian institutions

Subject

• Child abuse > Canada
• Children > Institutional care > Canada
• Child abuse > Investigation > Canada
• Child sexual abuse > Investigation > Canada
• First Nations > Residential schools
• Youth > Crimes against > Canada
• Enfants placés en institution > Canada
• Violence envers les enfants > Enquêtes > Canada
• Abus sexuels à l'égard des enfants > Enquêtes > Canada
• Internats à l'extérieur des réserves indiennes > Canada
• Jeunesse, Crimes contre la > Canada

Note

• Issued also in French under title: La dignité retrouvée, la réparation des sévices infligés aux enfants dans des établissements canadiens.
• Distributed by the Government of Canada Depository Services Program.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 427-455).

File Type (note)

• Electronic monograph in PDF format.

System Details (note)

• Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

pt. 1. Issues. Why a report on institutional child abuse -- What children experienced -- Residential schools for Aboriginal children -- Needs identified -- pt. 2. Responses. Criteria of assessment, approaches to redress and guiding principles -- The criminal justice process -- Civil actions -- Criminal injuries compensation programs -- Ex Gratia payments -- Ombudsman offices -- Children's advocates and commissions -- Public inquiries -- Truth commissions and similar processes to address systemic human rights abuses -- Community initiatives -- Redress programs -- Maintaining a diversity of approaches to providing redress -- pt. 3. Commitments.-Prevention -- Reflections -- Recommendations.

ISBN

0662281543

LCCN

^^2001326554

OCLC

• 46474074
• SCSB-9931917

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Harvard Library