Table of contents

• Foreword
• Preface
• Executive Summary
• Objectives
• Methodology
  Audit Criteria 
  Procedure 
  
  •  1.  Service agencies
  •  2.  Universities
  •  3.  Governments
  •  4.  Funding bodies
  •  5.  Other key contacts
  •  6.  Library searches
  •  7.  Personal contacts
• Analysis: Results and Discussion
• Section A. Coverage
  
  •  1.  Number of research prlojects examining each type of abuse or neglect
  •  2.  Number of projects addressing different topics
  •  3.  Changes in the focus over the 10 years (1995-2004)
• Section B. Research infrastructure and funding
  
  •  4.  Geographic breakdown of location of research
  •  5.  Types of organisations conducting research
  •  6.  Level of funding
  •  7.  Type of funding agencies
  •  8.  Whether research was part of a degree program
• Section C. Types of research/methodology
  
  •  9.  Discipline area
  •  10. Sample type
  •  11. Sample size
  •  12. Number of projects that had ethics approvals
  •  13. Multiple site projects
• Section D. Productivity/output 
  
  •  14. Frequency of different publication types
  •  15. Porjects addressing Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander issues
• Section E. Findings: What we now know
  
  •  Findings from Research 
    
    • Statutory Child Protection Services
    • Prevention
    • Intervention Programs
    • Risk Factors
    • Incidence
    • Methodological Issues
    • Summary: Research and Design Trends
• Implications for Policy and Practice
• Implications for Research
  • Researchers
  • Research design
  • Gaps and duplication
• Dissemination
• References
• List of Appendices
  • Appendix A: Introductory letter and criteria
  • Appendix B: Listing of all 135 research projects
  • Appendix C: Publications from the audit projects
  • Appendix D: Publications from library searches
  • Appendix E: Thesis listing from library searches