Research has repeatedly demonstrated that maltreatment increases the likelihood of criminality when compared to a non-maltreated population. What remains unclear is how maltreatment directly or indirectly affects criminality. This study was conducted to delineate any existing relationships between age of onset, type, severity and chronicity of maltreatment and age of onset, type, severity and chronicity of criminality in a Canadian context. The possible impacts of gender, parental capacity impairments, and reduced child functioning were taken into account when examining this relationship. In addition, the characteristics of these children were examined to see if there were major differences within this group. This retrospective study examined the complete official youth protection and young offender dossiers of 87 subjects, involved with Batshaw Youth and Family Centres, who were maltreated and criminal during the period April 1, 2002 to March 31, 2003. A survey instrument was designed to collect quantifiable data on each child. Findings indicate that maltreated and criminal children are characterized as an extremely high needs population. Within this group, children who came to the attention of DYP in infancy had the highest likelihood of parental and personal functioning issues throughout their lifespan and committed their first official crime at the earliest age. Multiple regressions indicated that parent risk score and age of first known DYP involvement were significant predictors of criminality. These results confirm the important role parents play in determining their child’s life outcomes, and suggest that parenting capacities should be fully evaluated, treatment plans should be comprehensive in nature and based on cognitive abilities of both parent and child, and focus should be placed on permanency planning. / La recherche a à plusieurs reprises, démontré que le mauvais traitement augmente la probabilité de la criminalité une fois comparé à une population non-maltraitée. Ce qui reste peu clair est comment le mauvais traitement affecte directement ou indirectement la criminalité. Cette étude a été entreprise pour tracer les rapports existants entre l’âge du début, le type, la sévérité et la chronicité de mauvais traitement avec l’âge du début, du type, de la sévérité et de la chronicité de criminalité dans un contexte canadien. L’impact possible du genre, des affaiblissements parentaux, et le fonctionnement réduit d’enfant ont été pris en considération en examinant ce rapport. En outre, les charactéristiques de ces enfants ont été examinées pour voir si elles différaient de quelque façon les uns des autres. Cette étude rétrospective a examiné la protection officielle complète de lajeunesse et les jeunes dossiers de contrevenant de 87 sujets, impliqués avec Batshaw Youth and Family Centres, qui ont été maltraités et criminels pendant la période du 1 avril, 2002 au 31mars 31, 2003. Un instrument d’aperçu a été conçu afin de rassembler des données quantifiables sur chaque enfant. Les résultats indiquent que maltraité et des enfants criminels sont caractérisés, en tant que population extrêmement haute des besoins. Chez ce groupe, les enfants qui sont venus à l’attention de DYP dans la petite enfance ont eu une probabilité plus élevée des issues de fonctionnement parentales et personnelles tout au long de leur durée de vie et ont commis leur premier crime officiel à un âge plus jeune. Les régressions multiples ont indiqué que des points de risque de parent et l’âge de la première participation connue de DYP étaient les prédiseurs significatifs de la criminalité. Ces résultats confinnent les conséquences du comportement parentale sur la vie de leur enfant et suggèrent que les capacités paren

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This study records an attempt to apply feminist epistemology to the conduct and communication of social science research, specifically of the Badgley Report. When I began, I wanted to understand why and how mainstream social science research persists in evading feminist analysis of the problem of child sexual abuse, despite agreement on incidence and perpetrators. I also wanted to find ways of producing knowledge that did not either evade nor postpone voicing the truths of women's and children's experiences of child sexual abuse. I have learned that commitment to a feminist framework requires critical consciousness of all aspects of the processes by which knowledge is constructed, including the relationship and interaction between the writer and reader of research. Thus, what I have attempted to do in this thesis is to communicate feminist research processes through both the form and the content of my report.

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This qualitative study informs the literature by bringing two perspectives together: the trauma of residential school abuse and the transpersonal viewpoint of healing. A phenomenological hermeneutic approach explored lived experiences of residential school survivors and their families. Transpersonal psychology was introduced as the focus for a new healing paradigm. The research questions ask, “What has been the lived experience of the trauma of residential school abuse” and “How are traditional and non-traditional healing practices mutually applied in the recovery process by individuals who are impacted by the residential school experience”? Five First Nations co-researchers were interviewed, the data was analyzed, coded, and a thematic analysis was undertaken from which six themes emerged. The results of this study may go on to employ this new healing paradigm to help First Nations people gain spiritual wholeness. Finally, a description and summary of research findings, limitations and implications for counselling were discussed. / x, 193 leaves ; 29 cm. --