The first part of the thesis recounts how originally, in Great Britain, the State only protected the child who did not benefit from parental support. However, due to injustices which arose from the socio-economic changes brought about by the Industrial Revolution, the State gradually agreed to extend its protection to children working in factories. Afterwards, in order to safeguard society from the increase of crime, the State began to interpose itself in the family when it was thought there was a link between parental neglect and juvenile delinquency. / The second part describes the awakening of society, first in the United States, then in Great Britain, to the phenomenon of child maltreatment. Direct state intervention in the family came about in Great Britain by means of statutes withdrawing the child from his abusive family. Influenced by the evolution of British legislation, the Canadian common law provinces, Ontario in particular, adopted their own laws against child abuse relatively quickly. However, probably by reason of its existing social care network structure, the province of Quebec was much slower in contrast to adopt child welfare laws and recognizing the legal rights of the child.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.59842 |
| Date | January 1990 |
| Creators | Provost, Mario |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | French |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Laws (Institute of Comparative Law.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 001167425, proquestno: AAIMM66463, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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