Policy and practice paper Sep 1997
Emotional abuse: The hidden form of maltreatment
Explores definitions of emotional abuse within legal, practice and research frameworks.
Policy and practice paper Sep 1997
Explores definitions of emotional abuse within legal, practice and research frameworks.
Policy and practice paper Nov 2006
This paper investigates recent literature on child maltreatment in organisational settings.
Policy and practice paper Jun 2006
Provides an evidence base to inform decision-making in the area of pre-employment screening checks for child-related employment
Policy and practice paper Oct 2007
A discussion of problems in defining and understanding the complexities of stepfamilies, and differences between stepfamilies and nuclear families.
Policy and practice paper Jun 1996
Discussion Paper 1 Produced by the National Child Protection Clearinghouse.
Short article Nov 2018
This short article provides a summary of the National Apology to Victims and Survivors of Institutional Child Sexual Abuse delivered in October 2018.
Policy and practice paper Nov 2012
This paper reviews the research on whether some family structures expose children to a higher risk of child maltreatment than others
Short article May 2015
International inquiries into child sexual abuse compiled for the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse.
Short article Jun 2017
In the context of rising housing costs and financial stress, parental separation in low-income families can trigger greater risk of homelessness.
Short article May 2018
A recent study found that adults who were abused as children in out-of-home care experienced a range of negative outcomes persisting into later life.