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MOTHER ABUSE [12 records]

Record 1 2025-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Family Law (common law)
  • Social Problems
CONT

It is the society's position that there is a need for ongoing protection of M. and that no supervision order could adequately protect M. from his parents. The society submits that the parents physically and emotionally abused M. 's sister F. and that the very serious physical injuries sustained by her were intentionally inflicted by the mother and father. The society further submits that the parents caused serious emotional harm to M., as he witnessed his sister's chronic abuse.

OBS

chronic violence: Although some authors would argue that the meanings of the terms "chronic abuse" and "chronic violence" differ, because "abuse" means a pattern of behaviour intended to exercise control, whereas "violence" can be punctual in nature, the two terms are mostly used interchangeably.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
  • Problèmes sociaux
OBS

violence chronique : Bien que certains auteurs affirment que les sens des termes «maltraitance chronique» et «violence chronique» diffèrent, car la «maltraitance» est un schéma de comportement adopté dans le but de contrôler, tandis que la «violence» peut être ponctuelle, ces termes sont le plus souvent employés de façon interchangeable.

OBS

mauvais traitement chronique : désignation habituellement utilisée au pluriel pour désigner des actes concrets.

Key term(s)
  • mauvais traitements choniques

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-12-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Family Law (common law)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Human Diseases - Various
  • Social Problems
CONT

There was general agreement that the young person suffered from child abuse syndrome, which was compared to spousal abuse syndrome, having suffered long-standing physical and emotional abuse by his mother with resulting feelings of helplessness, inadequacy, worthlessness, and the in­ability to escape.

Key term(s)
  • child-abuse syndrome

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Maladies humaines diverses
  • Problèmes sociaux
OBS

enfant maltraité : Enfant victime de violences physiques, [de mauvais traitements] sexuels, de maltraitance psychologique, de carences ou de négligences physiques, affectives, éducatives.

Spanish

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Record 3 2024-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Family Law (common law)
  • Social Problems
  • Sociology of the Family
OBS

Refers to abuse by an adolescent son towards his mother.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
  • Problèmes sociaux
  • Sociologie de la famille
OBS

Désigne la maltraitance exercée par un adolescent envers sa mère.

OBS

maltraitance fils-mère : désignation normalisée par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 4 2024-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Family Law (common law)
  • Social Problems
  • Sociology of the Family
OBS

Refers to abuse by an adolescent daughter towards her mother.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
  • Problèmes sociaux
  • Sociologie de la famille
OBS

Désigne la maltraitance exercée par une adolescente envers sa mère.

OBS

maltraitance fille-mère : désignation normalisée par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 5 2024-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Offences and crimes
  • Family Law (common law)
  • Social Problems
CONT

This case involves child sexual abuse in a civil context. The disturbing facts of this case demonstrate how easily and how quickly a mother and her children can become entangled with a child sexual abuser and the devastating results that follow. This case is about the duty of society to protect children not only from those who commit child sexual violence, but from those who objectively fail to protect their children from sexual violence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
  • Problèmes sociaux
OBS

violence sexuelle contre l'enfant; violence sexuelle contre les enfants : désignations normalisées par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 6 2024-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Family Law (common law)
  • Social Problems
  • Sociology of the Family
OBS

Refers to abuse by an adolescent towards their mother.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
  • Problèmes sociaux
  • Sociologie de la famille
OBS

Désigne la maltraitance exercée par un adolescent ou une adolescente envers sa mère.

OBS

maltraitance adolescent-mère; maltraitance adolescente-mère; maltraitance enfant-mère : désignations normalisées par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 7 2024-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Family Law (common law)
  • Social Problems
  • Sociology of the Family
OBS

Refers to abuse by an adolescent towards their mother.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
  • Problèmes sociaux
  • Sociologie de la famille
OBS

Désigne la maltraitance exercée par un adolescent ou une adolescente envers sa mère.

OBS

maltraitance de mère : désignation normalisée par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 8 2024-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Family Law (common law)
  • Social Problems
  • Sociology of the Family
CONT

Myth #3 : An abused mother wouldn’t let her abuser have unsupervised contact with the children. As discussed previously, the correlation between wife abuse and child abuse is high, but far from one hundred percent. There are many cases where abuse is directed at a spouse but not at the children.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
  • Problèmes sociaux
  • Sociologie de la famille
OBS

mère victime de violence : Bien que certains auteurs affirment que les sens des termes «mère victime de maltraitance» et «mère victime de violence» diffèrent, car la «maltraitance» est un schéma de comportement adopté dans le but de contrôler, tandis que la «violence» peut être ponctuelle, ces termes sont le plus souvent employés de façon interchangeable.

Spanish

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Record 9 2002-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Practice and Procedural Law
  • Sociology of the Family
  • Social Problems
CONT

Assault of mother with child witness may be sufficiently damaging to child to warrant reporting of child abuse in these cases.

OBS

The child who witnesses acts of violence in his home is also a victim; he or she is a "secondary victim".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit judiciaire
  • Sociologie de la famille
  • Problèmes sociaux
OBS

Les voies de fait contre la mère, en présence de l'enfant, peuvent entraîner des dommages suffisamment importants chez ce dernier pour justifier le signalement, ou encore les cas de violence à l'égard des enfants.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho procesal
  • Sociología de la familia
  • Problemas sociales
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Record 10 1995-10-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Audio-Visual Documents
OBS

Video produced in 1985 by Mobius Media Corporation, Rexdale, Ontario. This short drama is about the emotional abuse and neglect of the elderly. Locked in her room day after day, a woman who lives with her son and his family whiles away her time watching television. Except for an occasional visit from her granddaughter, she is virtually ignored. The daughter-in-law resents having to put aside her career plans to take care of her husband's mother and wants to place her in a nursing home. The granddaughter, upset about growing domestic conflict and the treatment her grandmother is receiving, implores hers parents to get professional counselling. A discussion-starter on the problem of abuse of the elderly.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents audio-visuels
OBS

Vidéo produit en 1985 par Mobius Media Corporation, Rexdale (Ontario).

Spanish

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Record 11 1995-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Audio-Visual Documents
OBS

Video produced in 1987 by Kinetic Inc., Toronto, Ontario. A teacher discovers a 15-year-old has been sexually abused by her father. Through dramatizations the film describes the process from disclosure to conviction : how the mother is informed of the abuse, how police charges are laid, what court procedures are and what it can be like to testify in these kinds of cases.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents audio-visuels
OBS

Vidéo produit en 1987 par Kinetic Inc., Toronto (Ontario).

Spanish

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Record 12 1995-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Audio-Visual Documents
OBS

Video produced in 1994 by Sneyd Syndicate Inc., Orillia, Ontario. This touching drama describes how a little boy is affected by witnessing his father beating his mother. Seven-year-old Jonathan is having trouble at school. He has a quick temper, a short attention span and he is reluctant to tell anyone what's troubling him. A black-eyed Susan in a bouquet of flowers reminds him of his mother's black eye and his father's violence, so Jonathan refuses to go home. When his mother comes to pick him up, the abuse is revealed, and Jonathan's family gets the help they need. The aim of this film is to show children in similar situations that there are things they can do to help themselves.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents audio-visuels
OBS

Vidéo produit en 1994 par Sneyd Syndicate Inc., Orillia (Ontario).

Spanish

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