A troubled group? Adolescents in a Canadian child welfare sample

ObjectivesTo examine factors associated with ongoing service and out of home placement for adolescents investigated by child welfare services in Canada.MethodsSecondary analysis was conducted using data from the Canadian Incidence Study of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect, 2008 (CIS-2008), specifically examining a weighted sample of 58,641 adolescents (age 12–15). Descriptive comparisons between adolescents, school-age children and pre-school …