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Mathews, Ben, Chris Goddard, Bob Lonne, Stephanie Short, and Freda Briggs. "Developments in Australian laws requiring the reporting of suspected child sexual abuse." Children Australia 34, no. 3 (2009): 18–23. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1035077200020101.

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Thousands of Australian children are sexually abused every year, and the effects can be severe and long lasting. Not only is child sexual abuse a public health problem, but the acts inflicted are criminal offences. Child sexual abuse usually occurs in private, typically involving relationships featuring a massive imbalance in power and an abuse of that power. Those who inflict child sexual abuse seek to keep it secret, whether by threats or more subtle persuasion. As a method of responding to this phenomenon and in an effort to uncover cases of sexual abuse that otherwise would not come to light, governments in Australian States and Territories have enacted legislation requiring designated persons to report suspected child sexual abuse. With Western Australia’s new legislation having commenced on 1 January 2009, every Australian State and Territory government has now passed these laws, so that there is now, for the first time, an almost harmonious legislative approach across Australia to the reporting of child sexual abuse. Yet there remain differences in the State and Territory laws regarding who has to make reports, which cases of sexual abuse are required to be reported, and whether suspected future abuse must be reported. These differences indicate that further refinement of the laws is required.
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Goldman, Juliette D. G., and Usha K. Padayachi. "The perpetrators of child sexual abuse in Queensland, Australia." Children Australia 25, no. 2 (2000): 28–34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s103507720000969x.

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A retrospective study of 427 university students in Queensland, Australia, revealed that the majority of perpetrators of child sexual abuse were known to their victim. The rate of incestuous abuse before the age of 17 years was twice as high for females as for males. It was also much more likely that the respondent reported being abused by a male than a female, with stepfathers being one of the most frequently reported offenders. In contrast, strangers were found to perpetrate a minority of abuse. Consequently, recommendations are made for education programs in an effort to prevent children being abused by people whom they know and trust.
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Ainsworth, Frank, and Patricia Hansen. "When is Enough Enough? The Burgeoning Cost of Child Protection Services." Children Australia 39, no. 2 (May 21, 2014): 93–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cha.2014.6.

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The Australian Bureau of Statistics estimates that at 31 December 2011 there were 5,098,694 children and young people in Australia under the age of 18 years, while for the period 1 July 2011 to 30 June 2012, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare's report on child protection indicates that there were 48,420 substantiated cases of child abuse and neglect in Australia. The likelihood is that almost 95 (94.96) per cent of Australian children and young people were not abused or neglected in that period; and this is a cause for national celebration. These figures are good reason to praise the parents and caregivers of the 5,050,274 children who were not abused or neglected. We argue that there is a need for an emphasis in the political debate about child protection that focuses on children who are not abused, in order for the issue of child abuse and neglect to be placed in proper perspective. The lack of perspective in the current dialogue simply results in an unending demand for more resources for detection-focused services. Instead, there has to be increased emphasis on preventative services for vulnerable families who fail to meet community child-rearing standards. These exacting standards of parenting can only be achieved through parent education and the provision of intensive and extensive family support services, combined with sensitive monitoring of at-risk families. Accordingly, this article is written in a dissenting voice.
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Briggs, Freda. "Child sexual abuse and the legal system." Children Australia 32, no. 2 (2007): 4–7. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1035077200011512.

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When Australia signed the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in 1990, federal and state governments agreed, under Article 19, to create appropriate legislation and all necessary social and educational measures to protect children from all forms of abuse and exploitation and provide treatment and social support for victims and their carers. Seventeen years later, Australian child advocates are wondering where those services are, especially for those outside state capital cities. More importantly, where is the justice system that protects children and caters for victims of sexual abuse?Australia, in common with other former British colonies, inherited the Westminster adversarial system, described by Mallon and White (1995, p. 50, cited in McGrath 2005) as:
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Cordner, Stephen, and Peter Harrigan. "Reported child abuse increases in Australia." Lancet 346, no. 8975 (September 1995): 628. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(95)91448-x.

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Giliker, Paula. "ANALYSING INSTITUTIONAL LIABILITY FOR CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE IN ENGLAND AND WALES AND AUSTRALIA: VICARIOUS LIABILITY, NON-DELEGABLE DUTIES AND STATUTORY INTERVENTION." Cambridge Law Journal 77, no. 3 (September 24, 2018): 506–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0008197318000685.

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AbstractThis paper will argue that, in the light of recent case law in the UK and Australia, a new approach is needed when dealing with claims for vicarious liability and non-delegable duties in the law of tort. It will submit that lessons can be learnt from a comparative study of these jurisdictions, notably by reflecting on the courts’ treatment of claims of institutional liability for child sexual abuse. In parallel to decisions of their highest courts, public enquiries in Australia and England and Wales, established to report on historic child sexual abuse and how to engage in best practice, are now reporting their findings which include proposals for victim reparation: see Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse (Australia, 2017) including its Redress and Civil Litigation Report (2015); Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (Interim report, England and Wales, 2018). The Australian reports suggest reforms not only to state practice, but also to private law. This article will critically examine the operation of vicarious liability and non-delegable duties in England and Wales and Australia and proposals for statutory intervention. It will submit that a more cautious incremental approach is needed to control the ever-expanding doctrine of vicarious liability in UK law and to develop more fully its more restrictive Australian counterpart.
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Holland, Grant. "Child Abuse and Mandatory Reporting." Australian Journal of Primary Health 2, no. 4 (1996): 73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/py96058.

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In Victoria, and to some extent Australia, the last two decades have seen some clarification in the classification of the various forms of child maltreatment and abuse. Currently, the major forms of child abuse are acknowledged as being:In Victoria, and to some extent Australia, the last two decades have seen some clarification in the classification of the various forms of child maltreatment and abuse. Currently, the major forms of child abuse are acknowledged as being physical abuse or non-accidental physical injury; sexual abuse and exploitation; emotional/psychological abuse and neglect. These forms of maltreatment often convey an implied message of non-accidental or committed harm against children. Abuse, however, can often occur by neglect or a failure to protect children, and therefore can be characterised as abuse by ommission. Many practitioners and professionals now use the term 'child abuse and neglect' rather than the single 'child abuse' term.
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Woiwod, Dayna M., and Deborah A. Connolly. "Continuous Child Sexual Abuse." Criminal Justice Review 42, no. 2 (May 22, 2017): 206–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0734016817704700.

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Due to calls for reform of legislation that accounts for the difficulties complainants of repeated child sexual abuse (CSA) face when asked to particularize individual acts, jurisdictions in the United States and Australia have adopted continuous CSA statutes. Continuous CSA statutes allow for reduced particularity of individual instances when abuse is repeated. In this article, we discuss particularization requirements and how they are adapted in current jurisdictions in the United States and Australia with continuous CSA statutes. We then discuss the relevant research on children’s memory for repeated events and frequency to discuss how current and future research can inform the criteria for the charge. Our goal in this article is to inspire thoughtful discussion of continuous CSA legislation, and how current and future psychological research can advance the criteria for the charge. As more jurisdictions consider adopting these statutes, it would be helpful for psychologists and legal professionals to work toward developing a consensus on the criteria for the charge that balances both the victim’s capabilities to particularize repeated CSA and various rights of the accused.
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Hameed, Mohajer Abbass. "Challenges and Opportunities for Innovation in Child Abuse and Neglect Research within the Child Welfare System in Australia." Children Australia 43, no. 1 (January 16, 2018): 57–66. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cha.2017.49.

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Child abuse and neglect is a preventable public health issue, yet a complex global phenomenon with considerable adverse impacts on children, families, health and social services, as well as the Australian community. Despite the widespread adverse impact of child abuse and neglect, the research in this field within Australian child welfare systems is relatively scarce. What is needed is to understand the various challenges, barriers and limitations that face child abuse and neglect researchers and impede methodologically rigorous research within child welfare systems in Australia. This paper provides a brief overview of the key methodological limitations, barriers and challenges, as well as the strengths of the research methods used in studying child abuse and neglect. This paper also explores the potential gains from adopting a national translational research framework. Innovative translation of research and knowledge into effective care system responses and evidence-based practices for children remains a pressing issue. Further advances in Australian research and the evidence base will require substantial investment in research and evaluation activities, with a new emphasis on translational research and active collaboration between researchers and practitioners. Finally, this paper concludes with key recommendations and directions for future Australian-based research with the ultimate goal of improving practices and policies.
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Mathews, Ben, Leah Bromfield, and Kerryann Walsh. "Comparing Reports of Child Sexual and Physical Abuse Using Child Welfare Agency Data in Two Jurisdictions with Different Mandatory Reporting Laws." Social Sciences 9, no. 5 (May 11, 2020): 75. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/socsci9050075.

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Empirical analysis has found that mandatory reporting legislation has positive effects on case identification of child sexual abuse both initially and over the long term. However, there is little analysis of the initial and ongoing impact on child protection systems of the rate of reports that are made if a reporting duty for child sexual abuse is introduced, especially when compared with rates of reports for other kinds of child maltreatment. This research analysed government administrative data at the unique child level over a seven-year period to examine trends in reports of child sexual abuse, compared with child physical abuse, in two Australian states having different socio-legal dimensions. Data mining generated descriptive statistics and rates per 100,000 children involved in reports per annum, and time trend sequences in the seven-year period. The first state, Western Australia, introduced the legislative reporting duty in the middle of the seven-year period, and only for sexual abuse. The second state, Victoria, had possessed mandatory reporting duties for both sexual and physical abuse for over a decade. Our analysis identified substantial intra-state increases in the reporting of child sexual abuse attributable to the introduction of a new legislative reporting duty, and heightened public awareness resulting from major social events. Victoria experienced nearly three times as many reports of physical abuse as Western Australia. The relative burden on the child protection system was most clearly different in Victoria, where reports of physical abuse were relatively stable and two and a half times higher than for sexual abuse. Rates of children in reports, even at their single year peak, indicate sustainable levels of reporting for child welfare agencies. Substantial proportions of reports were made by both legislatively mandated reporters, and non-mandated community members, suggesting that government agencies would benefit from engaging with communities and professions to enhance a desirable reporting practice.
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "Child abuse Australia"

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Watson, Ashley. "Filicide and child abuse: An Australian study." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2022. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/236034/1/A.%2BWatson%2B-%2BThesis%2BFinal.pdf.

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This research analysed Australian filicide cases over a 16 year period. The results show that prior instances of child abuse could be considered a risk factor, particularly in cases where the perpetrator has a history of physical abuse and neglect towards the victim. Other notable results include children under the age of 5 being at higher risk and mothers committing filicide at higher levels than other perpetrator types.
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Lynch, Timothy. "Truly evil empires the panic over ritual child abuse in Australia /." Phd thesis, Australia : Macquarie University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/1959.14/38034.

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Thesis (PhD) -- Macquarie University, Division of Society, Culture, Media & Philosophy, Department of Anthropology, 2006.
"December 2005".
Bibliography: leaves 327-357.
Characteristics of ritual abuse discourse -- A plethora of theorists (and of differences between them) -- Defining ritual abuse: differences, disputes and bad faith -- Allegations, investigations and trials -- Abuse accomodation and recovered memories -- Moral panic and witch hunt -- Witch craze -- Outsiders, accusations and obligations -- Accusations of ritual abuse in Australia -- Witches and pedophiles -- Conclusion.
Allegations of "ritual abuse" were first made in North America in the 1970s and early 1980s. It was claimed that an extremely severe form of sexual and physical child abuse was being perpetrated by Satanists or the devotees of comparably unorthodox religions. Perpetrators were often supposed to be invloved in other serious criminal activities. Allegations were subsequently made in Britain, Holland, Australia and New Zealand. The thesis examines the bitter debates that these claims provoked, including the dispute about whether ritual abuse "really happens". -- The thesis also contributes to the debate by providing some anthropological insights into why these strange and incredible claims were made and why they were accepted by certain therapists, officials, journalists and members of the public. It is argued that the panic over ritual abuse was a panic about what anthropologists know as "witchcraft" and the thesis makes this argument through an analysis of the events (mainly discursive events) of the panic. The thesis in particular takes up Jean La Fontaine's argument about the similarities between accusations of ritual abuse and those made against "witches" in early modern Europe and in non-Western societies. The similarities between the kinds of people typically accused of perpetrating ritual abuse and those accused of practising witchcraft are considered, with a special emphasis on those cases where accusations were made by adult "survivors" and where alleged perpetrators were affluent and of relatively high social status. The thesis examines how supposed perpetrators of ritual abuse were denied the social support properly due to them and how accusations--and the persecution that followed--achieved certain political, professional and personal ends for survivors and their supporters. -- The thesis also considers similarities between "crazed" witch hunting and the recent spread of the panic about ritual abuse throughout much of the English-speaking West. The peculiar panic about witch-like figures that occurred in Australia -- especially in NSW--is examined. The thesis shows how, at a time when Australians had become very sceptical about claims of ritual abuse, activists were able to incite and affect the latest of a succession of homophobic panics in Australia.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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D'Cruz, Heather Marion. "Constructing meanings and identities in practice : child protection in Western Australia." Thesis, Lancaster University, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.314243.

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Johnson, Bruce. "An evaluation of the use and impact of a school based child abuse prevention program /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1995. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phj658.pdf.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Adelaide, Dept. of Psychiatry, 1996.
Addendum and errata are pasted in onto back end papers & back pages. Copy of author's previously published article inserted. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 451-466).
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Bouse, Kirstin Leigh. "Community attitudes and the role of the victim offender relationship in child sexual abuse cases." Thesis, Edith Cowan University, Research Online, Perth, Western Australia, 2000. https://ro.ecu.edu.au/theses/1364.

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Past research has illustrated that communily attitudes tend not to be reflected in crime legislation particularly when considering the victim-offender relationship and perceived seriousness of child sexual abuse. This study examined the effects of 4 different victimoffender relationships and the degree of trust within these relationships on perceptions of offence seriousness and emotional and physical harm, for the offence of indecently dealing with a 14-year old girl. One hundred and sixty community members used a 7- point scale to rate the degree of trust within these relationships, the seriousness of the offence and the emotional and physical harm suffered by the victim. Four two-way ANOVAs and one correlation were perfonned. Results showed that the victim-offender relationship failed to influence perceptions of offence seriousness, emotional and physical harm. Although the ratings of trust differed across the 4 relationship types, trust failed to significantly influence perceptions of offence seriousness, emotional and physical harm. Women were found to rate the offence as more serious and harmful than men. Possible explanations for these findings are discussed.
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Delaney, Elizabeth M. "Canonical implications of the response of the Catholic Church in Australia to child sexual abuse." Thesis, University of Ottawa (Canada), 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10393/29095.

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Since the early 1980s the Church and society have been shocked and scandalised by incidents of child sexual abuse perpetrated by clerics and religious. During the past twenty years knowledge of sexual abuse has grown. With increased knowledge has come increased understanding of factors that affect offenders, that impact on the healing of victims. Church leaders in the church have not always responded well, to victims, to offenders and to communities. The Church has grown in understanding of how to respond to all who are affected by sexual abuse of children. Church and society continue to learn. In 1996, the Australian Catholic Bishops' Conference and the Australian Conference of Leaders of Religious Institutes published Towards Healing, Principles and Procedures in Responding to Complaints of Sexual Abuse against Personnel of the Catholic Church in Australia. The following year, they published Integrity in Ministry: A Document of Ethical Standards for Catholic Clergy and Religious in Australia. The former document presents the principles and procedures for responding to complaints of misconduct and sexual abuse. The latter document presents standards for life and ministry for clergy and religious. The Catholic Church in Australia responded to sexual abuse within the context of the Australian society, as did the church in each country. In presenting an overview of the response to child sexual abuse of both society and church in several countries besides Australia, the possibility exists not only for identifying similarities and differences, but also for understanding the reasons behind them. In the 1980s knowledge of the complexities of sexual abuse and its impact on victims was very limited. Likewise familiarity with the church's penal law and related procedures was limited because it had not been used to any great extent. Increased and new usage of both penal law and procedural law identified areas that caused problems. At the heart of the church's response to sexual abuse is the goal of responding to the dignity of the human person. Hopefully, identifying differences and problem areas will result in increased understanding and the upholding of the dignity of all people affected by sexual abuse.
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Lawrence, Anne Margaret. "Interagency coordination and collaboration in the management of child sexual abuse in Australia and England." Thesis, University of Plymouth, 2001. http://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/1282.

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This thesis focuses on interagency coordination and collaboration in the management of child sexual abuse in Australia and in England. The impetus for the research arose from the experience of the author as manager and practitioner in the area of child sexual abuse, while working in these two countries. Problems regarding the management of interagency cooperation had become apparent in child protection practice and were also recognized in the literature. Personal experience, as well as a review of the literature, revealed that there was a need for the identification and validation of the key mechanisms and processes underlying effective interagency coordination and collaboration. This review of the literature also indicated that although existing models of operation had been identified, their value to practitioners had not been evaluated. The research underpinning the thesis set out to identify and validate key components contributing to effective interagency cooperation in the management of child sexual abuse that could be of international significance. This research is placed in the context of the evolving social construction of child abuse and child sexual abuse that is reflected in the rise in the incidence of the phenomena as well as in its expanding definitions. The nature of adult/child relationships are explored in terms of the sociological constructions of childhood and their periodisation. Specific attention is given to the rights of children and the professional regulation of child abuse and child sexual abuse in relation to the periodisation of modernity and postmodernity. Child abuse management operated mainly within the medical paradigm between the 1960s and the late 1980s. In England, child abuse tragedies occurred during the 1980s that resulted in official inquiries and culminated in various governmental reports that made recommendations for the improvement in services. The child sexual abuse scandal that occurred in Cleveland in 1986 was accompanied by a moral panic and a backlash in society against social workers and existing methods of professional regulation. As a consequence of Governmental efforts to remedy this situation, the medical paradigm that had dominated child abuse management' was shifted towards a socio-legal paradigm accompanied by the emergence of the discourse of `child protectionism'. However, challenges to the child protection discourse continued and these appear to be centred mainly upon the need for the adoption of a more subjectivist paradigm in the management of these phenomena. The debates and issues arising from these shifts in paradigm, particularly in relation to the operation of the interagency, multidisciplinary approach to the management of the problem, are discussed in the context of the self-referential, closed social systems involved in child protection network. Amidst these changes to service delivery paradigms concerning child welfare, the underlying multiagency interagency method of operation continued to be advocated. Existing research had pointed to the central role of this method of working in the management of child sexual abuse. An eclectically designed study was undertaken to validate the key mechanisms and processes underlying interagency coordination and collaboration. After their identification, it was found that they could be categorised into coordinating mechanisms, collaborative procedures and personal perspectives. These key components were then operationalised to form a questionnaire that was administered to a random sample of four-hundred and seven social worker practitioners and managers in both Australia and England. This was followed up with twenty in-depth interviews with a randomly selected sample of social work managers and practitioners from Australia and England chosen from those who had participated in the original survey. The major finding from a statistical analysis of the results of the survey, and discourse analysis of the in-depth interviews, indicated that the operationalised components were key mechanisms and procedures in the management of child sexual abuse in both Australia and England. A significant outcome from these findings has been the development and integration of the key mechanisms into a model of interagency coordination and collaboration. The model has been termed, the Interagency Model for the Management of Child Sexual Abuse (IAAC). The Model's functions are outlined, together with recommendations for its practical application for the planning of child protection services as well as the training of child protection teams. The final chapter contains specific recommendations for child protection practice, in the light of the research findings, together with their possible implications for the contemporary child protection discourse. Suggestions are made regarding future directions for child protection practice, also based on the research results, together with proposals for future research.
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Sutherland, Karen Jeanne 1961. "Just being a girl : female child sexual abuse and the problem(s) of embodiment." Monash University, School of Political and Social Inquiry, 2002. http://arrow.monash.edu.au/hdl/1959.1/9297.

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Cooper, Sonja Maria. "A legal analysis of historic child abuse claims in New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Australia since 1990." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2016. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/97887/1/Sonja%20Maria_Cooper_Thesis.pdf.

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This thesis undertakes a legal analysis of historic child abuse claims, with reference to four critical issues, in New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Australia from 1990 to 2014. The thesis acknowledges some important developments, legislatively and case-wise, after 2014. After summarising social science research about the effects of child abuse, the thesis analyses and synthesises relevant statutes and case law in the above jurisdictions, focussing on: limitation of time, duty of care, vicarious liability and non-delegable duty. After comparing and contrasting the jurisdictions, some conclusions are drawn, particularly that there is still considerable work to be done in achieving justice for survivors.
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Walsh, Kerryann. "Early childhood teachers and child abuse and neglect: A critical study of their work and knowledge." Thesis, Queensland University of Technology, 2002. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/36659/1/36659_Digitsed%20Thesis.pdf.

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The field of child abuse and neglect contains a corpus of literature regarding teachers and child abuse and neglect. The literature, dominated by medical and scientific discourses, constructs the teacher's role, shapes what teachers should know, and influences policies and practices in care and education settings, and in the field of child protection. This thesis addresses a gap in this literature, particularly regarding authentic documentation of how teachers work in child abuse and neglect and what knowledge they apply in this work. This study is a multimethod qualitative inquiry into teachers' work and knowledge in child abuse and neglect. The research was conducted in three phases. In phase one, early childhood teachers were invited to participate in research about their experiences of working with children with a history of abuse or neglect. Teachers from 207 different early childhood settings, in a geographical area with a recognised high incidence of child abuse and neglect were approached. No teachers were willing or able to participate in the research - they were silent. Phase two investigated the reasons for this silence by using interview and survey methods to ask the teachers and other professionals in the field, to explain why the teachers were silent. Fourteen key informants and 80 early childhood teachers' views are presented in this phase. Phase three returned the focus of the study to teachers' work and knowledge, and presents the voices of eight early childhood teachers who were willing and able to speak in detail about their work and knowledge in child abuse and neglect when they were approached from within common professional networks, in which there were established relationships of trust. Paradoxically, in this study there was silence and there were voices. Using critical theories, this study reveals that research into child abuse and neglect was problematic because it was perceived to be sensitive and potentially damaging. The research was disenabled (silenced) in ways which protect existing relations of power which, in turn, benefit from both the conservation of silences about child abuse and neglect among early childhood practitioners, and maintenance of the conditions under which this silence was produced. When the teachers spoke about their work and knowledge, it appeared that their actions in relation to child abuse and neglect did not accord directly with the role that the literature ascribes for them, but reflected the broader characteristics of effective early childhood teaching practice. Early childhood teachers' work, therefore, may not be recognised easily by those outside care and education as constituting legitimate prevention and intervention in child abuse and neglect, and this has consequences for how early childhood practitioners are perceived in the field. This research explains teachers' apparent marginal positioning in the field of child abuse and neglect. It proposes that a more accurate representation of teachers' work in the field should reflect the concept of multiple roles rather than a singular role. This research refutes notions of teachers as incompetent and unknowledgeable regarding child abuse and neglect, but recognises that they are often absent from, and invisible within, the collective of professionals working to stop and prevent it.
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Books on the topic "Child abuse Australia"

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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Child protection Australia, 2007-08. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2009.

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Valentine, Kate. Child protection Australia 2008-09. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2010.

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Shurlee, Swain, ed. Confronting cruelty: Historical perspectives on child abuse. Carlton South, Victoria: Melbourne University Press, 2002.

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Zabar, Penelope. Child abuse and neglect: Reporting and investigation procedures in Australia, 1994. Canberra: Australian Govt. Pub. Service, 1994.

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Richard, Woolfson, ed. Prosecuting child abuse: An evaluation of the government's speedy progress policy. London: Blackstone, 1995.

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Western Australia. Child Sexual Abuse Task Force. Child Sexual Abuse Task Force: A report to the Government of Western Australia. Perth, Western Australia: Child Sexual Abuse Task Force, Dept. of the Premier and Cabinet, 1987.

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Arnold, Lynette S. Professionals protecting children: Child protection and teacher education in Australia. Magill, South Australia: Australian Centre for Child Protection, 2007.

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Western Australia. Child Sexual Abuse Task Force. Child Sexual Abuse Task Force: A report to the Government of Western Australia : summary. [Western Australia: G.L. Duffield, Govt. Printer, 1987.

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Parry, Glyn. Monster man. Milsons Point, NSW, Australia: Random House, 1995.

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Council, Australia Family Law. Family law and child protection: Final report. [Barton, A.C.T.]: Family Law Council, 2002.

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Book chapters on the topic "Child abuse Australia"

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Lynch, Gordon. "‘A Serious Injustice to the Individual’: British Child Migration to Australia as Policy Failure." In UK Child Migration to Australia, 1945-1970, 1–22. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2021. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-69728-0_1.

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AbstractThe Introduction sets this book in the wider context of recent studies and public interest in historic child abuse. Noting other international cases of child abuse in the context of public programmes and other institutional contexts, it is argued that children’s suffering usually arose not from an absence of policy and legal protections but a failure to implement these effectively. The assisted migration of unaccompanied children from the United Kingdom to Australia is presented, particularly in the post-war period, as another such example of systemic failures to maintain known standards of child welfare. The focus of the book on policy decisions and administrative systems within the UK Government is explained and the relevance of this study to the historiography of child migration and post-war child welfare is also set out.
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Ring, Sinéad, Kate Gleeson, and Kim Stevenson. "The evolution of legal and policy frameworks around child sex offences in Australia." In Child Sexual Abuse Reported by Adult Survivors, 99–125. London: Routledge, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429468162-6.

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Ring, Sinéad, Kate Gleeson, and Kim Stevenson. "The ‘discovery’ of non-recent child sexual abuse in England and Wales, Ireland and Australia." In Child Sexual Abuse Reported by Adult Survivors, 11–45. London: Routledge, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429468162-3.

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Urbas, Gregor. "Substantive and Procedural Legislation in Australia to Combat Webcam-Related Child Sexual Abuse." In Information Technology and Law Series, 135–82. The Hague: T.M.C. Asser Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6265-288-0_4.

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Goodman-Delahunty, Jane, Natalie Martschuk, Martine Powell, and Nina Westera. "Prosecutorial Discretion about Special Measure Use in Australian Cases of Child Sexual Abuse." In The Evolving Role of the Public Prosecutor, 169–87. New York, NY: Routledge, 2019. | Series: Directions and developments in criminal justice and law; 3: Routledge, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429467547-12.

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McKinley, Amber. "Vulnerability to fatal violence: Child sexual abuse victims as homicide participants in Australia." In Child Sexual Abuse, 351–72. Elsevier, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-819434-8.00017-9.

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Parkinson, Patrick. "Child Protection Law in Australia." In Overcoming Child Abuse: A Window on a World Problem, 15–38. Routledge, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9780429451218-2.

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Ibrahim, Nada. "Domestic and Family Violence and Associated Correlates Among Muslims in Australia." In Research Anthology on Child and Domestic Abuse and Its Prevention, 91–121. IGI Global, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-6684-5598-2.ch006.

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Domestic and family violence (DFV) is a significant social problem that is found in all societies, cultures, and socio-economic backgrounds. Australian-Muslims are under-researched on DFV issues. This chapter explores the correlates associated with DFV using focus group data with various community-leaders living in South-East Queensland. Findings illustrate some unique characteristics of DFV relevant to Australian-Muslims that distinguish them from mainstream Australians such as misusing religious text and scriptures, contribution of culture, burden of men's financial responsibility vs women's work-choices, clash of cultures when living in Australia, loss of extended family support and social support networks, in-law contribution to abuse, and foreign spouses lack of awareness of the law. Findings are important for the design of effective strategies that challenge core assumptions towards DFV which promote and justify DFV. It highlights the importance of working within the cultural and religious framework in preventing DFV for cultural groups.
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Kaur, Jatinder. "Understanding Child Maltreatment Across Ethnic Minority Communities in Australia: Physical Abuse, Neglect, Witnessing Domestic and Family Violence, and Child Sexual Abuse." In Child Abuse and Neglect, 389–403. Elsevier, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-815344-4.00020-9.

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Dubowitz, Howard. "A Global Snapshot of Child Maltreatment and Child Protection." In Principles of Global Child Health: Education and Research, 359–80. American Academy of Pediatrics, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1542/9781610021906-part04-ch20.

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There is ample evidence that child maltreatment (child abuse and neglect) is a prevalent problem, globally. Every 2 years since 1982, the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect (ISPCAN) conducts a survey to assess the state of child maltreatment and child protection internationally. This chapter is excerpted and based on World Perspectives on Child Abuse, 11th Edition.1* Those wishing to read the full report, including detailed information on individual countries, can obtain a copy from ISPCAN at www.ispcan.org. It is naturally difficult to cover the entire world and to capture what is happening related to child maltreatment and child protection in many countries in any depth. Nevertheless, data from this survey offer a valuable snapshot of policies and practices pertaining to child maltreatment in different regions of the world and according to country income level. With members in more than 100 countries, ISPCAN has the capacity to identify knowledgeable professionals in the field of child maltreatment. ISPCAN initiated the current survey with respondents to past surveys. In addition, potential participants thought to be familiar with child protection in their countries were sought from ISPCAN membership. ISPCAN and executive council members were also asked to reach out to their networks, particularly in countries in which a respondent had not been identified. In addition to individual connections, ISPCAN works with national organizations in several countries as well as other international organizations. They too helped identify key informants to complete the survey. Repeated efforts were made to reach respondents in as many countries as possible. Of the 96 countries with identified respondents, 76% completed the survey. Of the 73 countries represented, 10 were from Africa, 14 from the Americas, 25 from Asia, and 23 from Europe; Oceania was represented by just Australia. Using designations of the World Bank, there was good representation of high- and middle-income countries (33 for each), but only 7 responses were from low-income countries. Caution is naturally needed when interpreting findings based on low numbers. The editor, together with an international advisory committee, developed the survey, building on prior iterations. Participants were invited to complete the survey, administered online using SurveyMonkey. Each respondent was e-mailed a link to the survey. They were also encouraged to seek input from colleagues when necessary, to help ensure the accuracy of the information. It is inherently difficult to know the many aspects of child protection in one’s country, especially when systems are not centralized and considerable variation may exist. It was beyond the scope of this project to check the accuracy of responses. These data, therefore, may not always accurately represent the complex picture or the variations within a country. The results of the survey help inform the status of maltreated children globally and likely system and programmatic interventions needed to ameliorate the status of children worldwide.
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