Family Matters article Mar 1995
Child Protection Services in Victoria
This article examines the child protection system in Victoria in relation to reporting rates, outcomes, service design, types of abuse being notified and who is notifying.
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Family Matters article Mar 1995
This article examines the child protection system in Victoria in relation to reporting rates, outcomes, service design, types of abuse being notified and who is notifying.
Family Matters article Sep 1995
Family Matters article Sep 1995
Family Matters article Sep 2001
This article gives an overview of the development of child protection and efforts to prevent child abuse and neglect, highlighting the cyclical nature of the evolution of child protection services and noting that many of the current approaches have been tried a number of times over the last 150 years and look likely to be re-applied in the next few decades.
Family Matters article Jun 2001
Continuing previous research (1999) at the Australian Institute of Family Studies on the outcomes of the UK 'Looking After Children' approach in out of home care in Victoria, the author discusses the value of the UK Children in Need assessment framework for Victorian Family Services.
Commissioned report Mar 2008
PDF fact sheet produced by AIFS that outlines findings from the CDSMC National Approach for Child Protection Project
Policy and practice paper Jun 1994
Every year in Australia, thousands of children, as well as women, suffer physically, psychologically and sexually as a result of acts of violence
Policy and practice paper Jun 2001
Explores the Internet's role in child sexual exploitation, exposure to sexually explicit material and the use of the Internet by paedophiles.
Policy and practice paper Feb 2008
This paper looks at the extent of family group conferencing in Australian child protection practice since the first trial was initiated in 1992.
Policy and practice paper Dec 1994
This paper will provide a background to child abuse and neglect in the USA and examine one perspective on child abuse preventative strategies.