Resource sheets

These resource sheets are compiled by staff at the National Child Protection Clearinghouse, and published by the Australian Institute of Family Studies
ISSN 1448-9112 (Online)

They can be accessed in either HTML or PDF format. You will need an Acrobat Reader which is free from the Adobe Systems Web site .

1. Child abuse and neglect statistics

Leah Bromfield and Mel Irenyi
2. The economic costs of child abuse and neglect

Leah Bromfield, Prue Holzer and Alister Lamont
3. Mandatory reporting of child abuse

Daryl Higgins, Leah Bromfield, Nick Richardson, Prue Holzer and Claire Berlyn
4. Fatal child abuse

Mel Irenyi and Briony Horsfall
5. Evaluating child abuse and neglect intervention programs (formerly Evaluating child abuse prevention program)

Alister Lamont
6. What is child abuse and neglect? (formerly What is child abuse)

Rhys Price-Robertson and Leah Bromfield
7. Who abuses children?

Nick Richardson and Leah Bromfield
8. Children in care (formerly published as Foster Care)

Nick Richardson, Mel Irenyi, Joan Kelleher and Briony Horsfall
9. Social costs: The effects of child maltreatment

Nick Richardson
10. Child protection and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children

Claire Berlyn and Leah Bromfield
11. Defining the public health model for the child welfare services context

Prue Holzer
12. Australian legal definitions: When is a child in need of protection?

Prue Holzer and Leah Bromfield
13. Pre-employment screening: Working With Children Checks and Police Checks

Claire Berlyn, Prue Holzer and Daryl Higgins
14. Australian child protection legislation

Prue Holzer and Alister Lamont
15. Children's commissioners and guardians

Alister Lamont and Prue Holzer
16. Age of consent laws

Alister Lamont