Family Matters article Sep 1995
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Family Matters article Sep 1995
Mandatory reporting of abuse as perceived by young people and youth sector workers
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Family Matters article Jun 1996
Denial, rationalisation and trivialisation of state intrusion into Aboriginal family life
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Submission Feb 2009
Inquiry into Regional and Remote Indigenous Communities
Health, welfare, education and security of children in regional and remote Indigenous communities.
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Family Matters article Sep 2001
A history of child protection
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.
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Family Matters article Jun 2001
A framework for responding to vulnerable children and their families
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.
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Family Matters article Jun 2001
Parenting in the Torres Strait Islands
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Commissioned report Mar 2008
Protecting Australian children: The CDSMC National Approach for Child Protection
PDF fact sheet produced by AIFS that outlines findings from the CDSMC National Approach for Child Protection Project
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Commissioned report Mar 2012
Increasing Indigenous employment rates
An overview of the research evidence on why Indigenous Australians have much lower employment rates than non-Indigenous Australians.
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Policy and practice paper Jun 1994
Domestic violence as a form of child abuse: Identification and prevention
Every year in Australia, thousands of children, as well as women, suffer physically, psychologically and sexually as a result of acts of violence