Family Matters article Apr 1994
Child abuse and neglect
This article focuses on one of the priority issues identified by the National Council for the International Year of the Family - to address the problems of family violence.
Family Matters article Apr 1994
This article focuses on one of the priority issues identified by the National Council for the International Year of the Family - to address the problems of family violence.
Family Matters article Apr 1994
This article, the second of four papers focusing on disadvantaged families in this issue of 'Family Matters', begins by examining the historical relationship between the state and indigenous peoples of Australia.
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
Family Matters article Aug 1994
This paper draws on the preliminary findings of an ethnographic study investigating how Nyungar young people living in a southern metropolitan region of Perth articulate their everyday experiences of the nexus between substance use and the police.
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.
Research report Dec 1994
Presents a five-tier model for the analysis of current Commonwealth child abuse prevention activities as well as for the recommendations for programs
Family Matters article Mar 1995
Family Matters article Mar 1995
This article presents survey findings of 185 adults around their views on police intervention in domestic violence situations to explore the level of community support for the enforcement of the criminal process when physical violence against women occurs in the family home.
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 Mar 1995
This article provides an overview of research into child protection in the United Kingdom, and looks at issues such as definitions of child abuse, setting thresholds for abuse and intervention, numbers of children at risk of abuse and numbers of children referred into the child protection process.