Child protection in Australia is reportedly in a state of crisis. The media regularly provides commentary on escalating rates of child abuse, deaths of clients in child protection services and the massive Federal Government intervention into Northern Territory Indigenous communities, all of which point to a child welfare system in crisis. In Victoria, legislative changes to child protection have introduced new procedures for managing the state’s child protection services. Among its objectives, the legislation seeks to promote stable long-term care for children through timely and more efficient family interventions. This paper places these events in the historical context of recurring shifts in how the problem of child abuse is calculated a...
Empirical analysis has found that mandatory reporting legislation has positive effects on case ident...
This paper will provide an overview and analysis of developments in child protection and out of home...
This report for the Australian Government Department of Social Services is volume 1 of \u27Child Abu...
Child protection in Australia is reportedly in a state of crisis. The media regularly provides comme...
Child protection in Australia is reportedly in a state of crisis. The media regularly provides comme...
Child protection in Australia is reportedly in a state of crisis. Regular media commentary on escal...
The tragic death of four-year old Chloe Valentine in South Australia has raised concerns that the st...
Child abuse, and deaths of the clients of child protection services, continues to plague welfare and...
In this paper we present and discuss a snapshot of data describing child protection activity in Aust...
Numerous inquiries into child protection services in Australia and internationally have concluded th...
Governments throughout Australia are increasingly engaged with the complex, multifaceted and costly ...
Official statistics on child protection in Australia suggest that child abuse is at crisis levels, p...
This report for the Vicotria Department of Human Services is volume 8 of \u27Child Abuse And Neglect...
Through more than a decade there has been ongoing national attention on the vulnerability of Aborigi...
Significant numbers of children are severely abused and neglected by parents and caregivers. Infants...
Empirical analysis has found that mandatory reporting legislation has positive effects on case ident...
This paper will provide an overview and analysis of developments in child protection and out of home...
This report for the Australian Government Department of Social Services is volume 1 of \u27Child Abu...
Child protection in Australia is reportedly in a state of crisis. The media regularly provides comme...
Child protection in Australia is reportedly in a state of crisis. The media regularly provides comme...
Child protection in Australia is reportedly in a state of crisis. Regular media commentary on escal...
The tragic death of four-year old Chloe Valentine in South Australia has raised concerns that the st...
Child abuse, and deaths of the clients of child protection services, continues to plague welfare and...
In this paper we present and discuss a snapshot of data describing child protection activity in Aust...
Numerous inquiries into child protection services in Australia and internationally have concluded th...
Governments throughout Australia are increasingly engaged with the complex, multifaceted and costly ...
Official statistics on child protection in Australia suggest that child abuse is at crisis levels, p...
This report for the Vicotria Department of Human Services is volume 8 of \u27Child Abuse And Neglect...
Through more than a decade there has been ongoing national attention on the vulnerability of Aborigi...
Significant numbers of children are severely abused and neglected by parents and caregivers. Infants...
Empirical analysis has found that mandatory reporting legislation has positive effects on case ident...
This paper will provide an overview and analysis of developments in child protection and out of home...
This report for the Australian Government Department of Social Services is volume 1 of \u27Child Abu...