Trends in apprehension policies : a comparative analysis of committals of children by the Children's Aid Society of Vancouver, British Columbia, in the years 1938 and 1952
department or school: Arts, Faculty of
department or school: Social Work, School of
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degree campus: UBCV
creator: Dorosh, Andrew Ivan
issued: 2012-02-17T01:17:58Z
issued: 1954
related degree: Master of Social Work - MSW
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: This study is a comparative analysis of apprehensions and committals made by the Children's Aid Society of Vancouver, British Columbia, in the years 1938 and 1952. Only cases both apprehended and committed within the year period were analyzed, and committals of children from unmarried mothers were excluded. The purpose of the study was to determine the causes or reasons for apprehension and committal, with reference to the legislation employed, and such changes as may have occurred in the kinds of neglect or dependency, their frequency of occurrence, and in the parental status of committed children. A distinction was drawn between conditions of neglect and conditions of dependency, in congruence with formulated definitions of the neglected and the dependent child. A classification of ten conditions of neglect and dependency was devised, based on an analysis of the sixty-eight committal cases studied. The kinds of neglect included: (1) Rejection, (2) Physical Neglect, (3) Moral Neglect, (4) Desertion, (5) Desertion and Moral Neglect, and (6) Desertion and Rejection. Dependency included conditions arising from: (1) Death of the Only Legal Parent or of Both Parents, (2) Physical Illness of Parent or Parents, (3) Mental Illness of Parent or Parents, and (4) Inadequacy of Parent or Parents. Of the twenty-three cases (involving fifty-two children) studied from the year 1938, sixteen committals or 69.59% of the total were for reasons of neglect. Seven committals or 30.41% of the total, were for reasons of dependency. In 1952, of the forty-five cases (comprising seventy-seven children) studied, thirty-two cases, or 71.11% of the total committals were for reasons of neglect. Thirteen committals or 28.88% of the total were for reasons of dependency. The study revealed that the proportion of committals for neglect and for dependency in 1938 and 1952 were approximately the same. The frequency of specific kinds of neglect, however, was found to differ proportionally, as did the …
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note: TRENDS IN' APPREHENSION POLICIES A Comparative Analysis of Committals of Children by the Children's Aid Society of Vancouver, Brit i s h Columbia, in the years 1 9 3 8 and 1 9 5 2 by ANDREW IVAN DOROSH Thesis Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Degree of MASTER"OF"SOCIAL WORK in the School of Social Work Accepted as conforming to the standard required for the degree of Master of Social Wor>c School of Social Work 1 9 5 4 The University of Brit i s h Columbia iv ABSTRACT This study is a comparative analysis of apprehen-sions and committals made by the Children's Aid Society of Vancouver, B r i t i s h Columbia, in the years 1938 and 1952. Only cases both apprehended and committed within the year period were analyzed, and committals of children from un-married mothers were excluded. The purpose of the study was to determine the causes or reasons for apprehension and - committal, with reference to the legislation employed, and such changes as may have occurred in the kinds of neglect or dependency, their frequency of occurrence, and in the parental status of committed children. A distinction was drawn between conditions of neg-lect and conditions of dependency, in congruence with for-mulated definitions of the neglected and the dependent child. A classification of ten conditions of neglect and dependency was devised, based on an analysis of the sixty-eight comm-i t t a l cases studied. The kinds of neglect included: (1) Rejection, (2) Physical Neglect, (3) Moral Neglect, (4) Des-ertion, (5) Desertion and Moral Neglect, and (6) Desertion and Rejection. Dependency included conditions arising from: (1) Death of the Only Legal Parent or of Both Parents, (2) Physical Illness of Parent or Parents, (3) Mental Illness of Parent or Parents, and (4) Inadequacy of Parent or Parents. Of the twenty-three cases (involving fifty-two children) studied from the year 1938, sixteen committals or 69.59$ of the total were for reasons of neglect. Seven committals or …
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is shown at: 10.14288/1.0302618
language: eng
degree discipline: Social Work
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scholar level: Graduate
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identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/40768