Survol d'ECI
L’ECI est une série d'études d’envergure nationale portant sur l’incidence des signalements de mauvais traitements infligés aux enfants et sur le profil des enfants et des familles sur lesquels enquêtent les services canadiens de protection de l’enfance. L’ECI est la source d’information la plus exhaustive concernant les enfants maltraités et négligés au Canada.
In addition to documenting overall changes in rates of reported and investigated physical abuse, sexual abuse, neglect, and emotional maltreatment, the CIS monitors short-term investigation outcomes, including: substantiated maltreatment rates, placement of children in care, use of child welfare court, and criminal prosecution. By conducting five-year cycles, the CIS allows for comparisons over time to be made. For example, the cycles of 1998 and 2003 have documented that Aboriginal children tend to be over-represented at very stage of child welfare intervention, including investigative reports, substantiation of maltreatment, and admission into formal child welfare care. Data from the CIS has been used to guide research, policy, and child welfare service provision.
The 2008 cycle of the study (ECI-2008) is being conducted in every province or territory in Canada as of October 2008. In addition to the national estimate, oversampling studies are being conducted in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Ontario. Additonal oversampling studies with specifically adapted procedures are being conducted in Quebec (EIQ-2008) and with selected First Nations' service providers (ECIPN-2008).
