Family Matters article Jun 2001
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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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Family Matters article Sep 2010
Preventing violence, abuse and neglect against women and children
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Family Matters article Sep 2010
"What is the justice system willing to offer?"
Drawing on the narratives of 22 victim/survivors of sexual assault, this article identifies what justice means to these victim/survivors and discusses four key aspects that relate to their procedural justice needs' information, validation, voice and control.
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Family Matters article Dec 2011
Families' views on a coordinated family support service
Family Matters article on coordinated family support
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Family Matters article Dec 2011
Protecting children
This article examines the evolution of Australia's child protection system since the 1980s.
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Family Matters article Dec 2011
The link between child maltreatment and adolescent offending
This article discusses the well established link between child maltreatment (abuse and neglect) and adolescent offending as well as the now significant evidence that the timing of this maltreatment matters.
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Family Matters article Dec 2011
The neurobiological effects of childhood maltreatment
This paper reviews some of the recent research that has analysed the outcomes of child maltreatment as seen through the lens of the disciplines of neuroscience, psychopathology, traumatology and related fields.
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Family Matters article Dec 2011
National Framework for Protecting Australia's Children
Family Matters article